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Brazil, a museum focusing on botanical
and contemporary art. "The landscape
direction was to give a receiver-like
grounding to the spaceship-like struc-
ture."
One of the key project goals was to
realize an original pool Lautner had
designed for the home that had never
been built. A variety of drought tolerant
Jurassic, low water specimens was
used along with sculptural, layered
and colorful elements. "The client had
an impressive staghorn fern collection
from their mother's involvement with the
Epiphyllum Society … so we designed a
custom totem installation to serve as their
base," says Sharp. "For the shaded parts
of the property we selected Australian
tree ferns, aloe bainesii, red banana,
philodendron, and monsteras. The major
sun-exposed sections were planted with
a spectrum of desert varieties."
For Richard Neutra's Hailey Residence,
also in the Hollywood Hills, a complete
outdoor living program for entertainment
and relaxation was developed with a
among others — and reinvented the
gardens of historic homes designed by
iconic architects. For example, for John
Lautner's Garcia House in the Hollywood
Hills (renovated by Marmol Radziner),
the starting point was "imagining the
landscape through a retro future sci-fi
lens," describes Sharp, who also drew
inspiration from the Inhotim Institute in
