Maria Teresa Parpagliolo
Maria Teresa Parpagliolo | |
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| Born | 1903 |
| Died | 1974 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Landscape designer |
Maria Teresa Parpagliolo (1903 – 74) was an Italian landscape and garden designer who worked on private and public projects in Italy and Britain from 1920 until her death.[1] She was a member of the British Landscape Institute and is considered to have been a pioneer of European landscape design.[2]
Parpagliolo studied with Percy Stephen Cane from 1931 to 1932, worked on the French War Cemetery in Rome in 1944 and contributed to the foundation of the International Federation of Landscape Architects in 1948.[1] She worked on the Regatta Restaurant Garden at the Festival of Britain in 1951.[2] In 1963 she planned the landscape surrounding the Rome Cavalieri Hotel.[3]
References
- ^ a b Dümpelmann, Sonja (2006-01-01). "Parpagliolo Shephard, Maria Teresa". Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198662556.001.0001/acref-9780198662556-e-1273. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ a b Says, Penny Beckett (2016-07-28). "Discovering the Landscape: From London traffic to an Italian Prisoner of War camp". The MERL. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Meet the Women Behind Some of the World's Most Beautiful Gardens". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2019-01-01.