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Royal Academy of Arts - Burlington House
Photo of Roberto Burle Marx

'The real creator of the modern garden'

American Institute
of Architects 

Royal Academy of Arts - Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism
Join us at the Royal Academy of Arts, London 28 January - 21 April 2025
Safra Bank garden design by Burle Marx
Detail of copacabana beach promenade
Water colour of tile design by Burle Marx

About
Burle Marx

Our Collaborators & Sponsors
Royal Academy of Arts
Lemann Foundation
The Monteverde Foundation
Brazil Embassy London and Institute Guimaraes Rosa
Sitio Roberto Burle Marx IPHAN

Burle Marx

'The multi-talented man who made tropical landscaping an art.'
  • The façade of Burlington House, Royal Academy | Photo © Fraser Marr. 

    Portrait of Roberto Burle Marx | Photo © Tyba.

    Detail of Roberto Burle Marx's Copacabana Beach Promenade | Photo © Bruno Veiga.

    Aerial view of Roberto Burle Marx's Copacabana Beach Promenade | Photo © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio, Rio de Janeiro.

    Roberto Burle Marx's 'Study for Tile Panel - Water Dispensers', 1946, watercolor on paper | Image © Capadocia. 

    The Lost Paradise, BBC Omnibus, 1992 | Video © BBC. 


    Roberto Burle Marx's Sketch Plans of Park of Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, 1961. General perspective view | Image © Disclosure/Casa Roberto Marinho.

    Roberto Burle Marx's Gardens of the Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro, 1938 | Photo © Cesar Barreto.

    Untitled, Burle Marx, 1991, acrylic on cotton cloth | Image © Christie's. 

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