Geoffrey Jellicoe
Encyclopedia
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe was an English landscape architect
, garden designer
, Architect
and author.
Jellicoe was born in Chelsea. He studied at the Architectural Association in London in 1919 and won a Rome Scholarship in 1923 which enabled him to research his first book Italian Gardens of the Renaissance with Jock Shepherd. This pioneering study did much to re-awaken interest in this great period of landscape design and through its copious photographic illustrations publicised the then perilously decayed condition of many of the gardens. In 1929 he was a founding member of the Landscape Institute
and from 1939-49 he was its President. In 1948 he became the founding President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects
(IFLA). From 1954-68 he was a member of Royal Fine Art Commission and from 1967-74 a Trustee of Tate Gallery
. He died in 1996, the best-known English landscape architect of his generation.
A Landscape plan for Sark. This report was presented to an informal meeting of the members of the 1967
Baroque Gardens of Austria. 1932
Blue Circle Cement Hope Works Derbyshire : [1980?]
Garden Decoration & Ornament for Smaller Houses. 1936
Gardens of Europe. 1937
Gardens & design, Gardens of Europe. 1995.
Vol.3, Studies in landscape design. 1996.
The Guelph lectures on landscape design. 1983.
The landscape of civilisation : 1989.
The landscape of man : 1975.
Motopia: a study in the evolution of urban landscape. 1961
The Oxford companion to gardens 1986.
Report accompanying an Outline Plan for Guildford prepared for the Municipal Borough Council. 1945
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, etc.. 1933
Studies in Landscape Design. 1960
The studies of a landscape designer over 80 years c1993.
Landscape architect
A landscape architect is a person involved in the planning, design and sometimes direction of a landscape, garden, or distinct space. The professional practice is known as landscape architecture....
, garden designer
Garden designer
The term garden designer can refer either to an amateur or a professional who designs the plan and features of gardens. Amateurs design their gardens for their own properties. Professionals, with experienced skills, design gardens that benefit clients...
, Architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and author.
Jellicoe was born in Chelsea. He studied at the Architectural Association in London in 1919 and won a Rome Scholarship in 1923 which enabled him to research his first book Italian Gardens of the Renaissance with Jock Shepherd. This pioneering study did much to re-awaken interest in this great period of landscape design and through its copious photographic illustrations publicised the then perilously decayed condition of many of the gardens. In 1929 he was a founding member of the Landscape Institute
Landscape Institute
The Landscape Institute is a British professional body for landscape architects. Founded in 1929 as the Institute of Landscape Architects, it was granted a Royal Charter in 1997. The Institute aims to promote landscape architecture, and to regulate the profession with a code of conduct that...
and from 1939-49 he was its President. In 1948 he became the founding President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects
International Federation of Landscape Architects
The International Federation of Landscape Architects is an organisation which represents the landscape architectural profession globally...
(IFLA). From 1954-68 he was a member of Royal Fine Art Commission and from 1967-74 a Trustee of Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
The Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
. He died in 1996, the best-known English landscape architect of his generation.
Design projects
- 1934-36 Caveman Restaurant
- 1934 -39 Ditchley Park
- 1935 Plan for Calverton Colliery
- 1947 Plan for Hemel HempsteadHemel HempsteadHemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire in the East of England, to the north west of London and part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2001 Census was 81,143 ....
- 1956 Harvey's Store, GuildfordGuildfordGuildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
- 1957-9 Water Gardens, Hemel Hempstead
- 1964-65 Kennedy Memorial
- 1970-90 Shute House
- 1979-89 Hartwell House Garden
- 1980-86 Sutton PlaceSutton Place, SurreySutton Place, 3 miles NE of Guildford in Surrey is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house built c.1525 by Sir Richard Weston, courtier of Henry VIII. It is of great importance to art history in showing some of the earliest traces of Italianate renaissance design elements in English architecture. In...
- 1984 Moody GardensMoody GardensMoody Gardens is a tourist complex in Galveston, Texas. It is owned, through a complex agreement, by the City of Galveston but funded, operated, and supported by the multi-billion dollar Moody Foundation....
Books and other publications by Geoffrey Jellicoe
Italian Gardens of the Renaissance (with J Shepherd) 1926A Landscape plan for Sark. This report was presented to an informal meeting of the members of the 1967
Baroque Gardens of Austria. 1932
Blue Circle Cement Hope Works Derbyshire : [1980?]
Garden Decoration & Ornament for Smaller Houses. 1936
Gardens of Europe. 1937
Gardens & design, Gardens of Europe. 1995.
Vol.3, Studies in landscape design. 1996.
The Guelph lectures on landscape design. 1983.
The landscape of civilisation : 1989.
The landscape of man : 1975.
Motopia: a study in the evolution of urban landscape. 1961
The Oxford companion to gardens 1986.
Report accompanying an Outline Plan for Guildford prepared for the Municipal Borough Council. 1945
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, etc.. 1933
Studies in Landscape Design. 1960
The studies of a landscape designer over 80 years c1993.
See also
- Landscape InstituteLandscape InstituteThe Landscape Institute is a British professional body for landscape architects. Founded in 1929 as the Institute of Landscape Architects, it was granted a Royal Charter in 1997. The Institute aims to promote landscape architecture, and to regulate the profession with a code of conduct that...
- Landscape planningLandscape planningLandscape planning is a branch of landscape architecture. Urban park systems and greenway of the type planned by Frederick Law Olmsted are key examples of urban landscape planning. Landscape designers tend to work for clients who wish to commission construction work...
- Collective landscapeCollective landscapeThe term collective landscape was introduced to landscape design and landscape planning by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe. He wrote, on the dust jacket of The landscape of man, that "The world is moving into a phase when landscape design may well be recognized as the most comprehensive of the arts...
- International Federation of Landscape ArchitectsInternational Federation of Landscape ArchitectsThe International Federation of Landscape Architects is an organisation which represents the landscape architectural profession globally...
External links
- Portrait by Derry Moore, 1992 At the National portrait Gallery - Accessed April 2007
- Portrait by Anne-Katrin Purkiss, 1990 At the National portrait Gallery - Accessed April 2007