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“The world is moving into a phase when landscape design may well be recognized as the most comprehensive of the arts. Man creates around him an environment that is a projection into nature of his abstract ideas. It is only in the present century that the collective landscape has emerged as a social necessity. We are promoting a landscape art on a scale never conceived of in history (Geoffrey Jellicoe, Landscape of man)”

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Tom Turner
Tom Turner

Tom Turner, born on May 5, 1946, is an outstanding architect whose works are renowned for their unique style and modern interpretation of traditional architectural elements. more

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