Join us in our stunning new event space, The Fountain Room, for a special morning with acclaimed landscape architect and water designer James Garland as he shares from his expansive new book, Fountain Safari.
Garland is the founder and president of Fluidity Design, the studio responsible for the revitalization and enhancement of the Main Fountain Garden in 2017.
In Fountain Safari, Garland exhaustively explores the work of art that is the fountain—a vibrant symbol of life and physical embodiment of beauty that we use to mark and celebrate our favored places. Fountain Safari places on the shelf a sharply focused, comprehensive, useful, entertaining, and hopefully lasting survey aimed to provide a panoramic portrait of the fountain class of artistic endeavor. Through an exploration of esteemed examples from around the globe, including Longwood, a sketch is roughed out of the evolution of fountains over some two millennia and across several cultures. Ultimately, Garland attempts to deepen the understanding and appreciation of water features by identifying and clarifying their most essential aesthetic qualities.
Enjoy this inspiring talk while looking out at gorgeous views of our Main Fountain Garden from The Fountain Room.
This lecture will be followed by a book signing and opportunity to meet the author. Copies of Fountain Safari will be available for purchase.
Location
The Fountain Room
Instructor
Jim Garland AIA, NCARB, Hon ASLA
James A Garland is the founder, president, and design director of Fluidity Design Consultants. Garland began consulting on water design in 1986, while maintaining a private practice and teaching Architecture at the university level. By 1994, Garland had concentrated all his professional time to water design. In 2002, Garland established Fluidity to create a new generation of water features conceived, crafted, and engineered for a more sustainable century with a fresh, invigorating aesthetic. Garland’s work in such projects as the Hearst Building (New York City, NY), Roppongi Hills (Tokyo, Japan), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, NY), Myriad Gardens (Oklahoma City, MI), Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, PA), Tongva Park (Santa Monica, CA), Eskenazi Health Center (Indianapolis, IN), and the Nancy Best Fountain (Dallas, TX), are all examples of Fluidity’s advanced design initiative.
Garland holds a master’s degree in architecture from UCLA, with a focus in architectural design and urban design. His undergraduate degree, also in architecture, was obtained from the University of Louisiana. In 2020, Garland was awarded an honorary PhD for his career in advancing the profession of water design.
