Iconic C20 Landscapes - Cummins Engine Factory

Defined as ‘very pure, very simple and very effective’ by John Winter, this rare landscape design in the UK is by influential American landscape architect Dan Kiley. Historic England describe the factory as ‘a classical temple of rusty brown steel and glass’. This was designed by Roche and Dinkerloo, and is set in Kiley’s landscape of lawns, a rectangular pool and with a ha-ha plus corten steel fence located inside the site boundary. The view from the road to the factory building is of a sweep of grass with just the top of the fence visible. Jane Amidon, professor of Landscape Architecture in the Northeastern University School of Architecture, will discuss this design in the context of Kiley’s lengthy body of work. Matthew Benians will offer an insight to the landscape designed by James Hope at Cummins’ other UK factory at Shotts, Scotland.

Time: 18:00 BST
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