In & out of Paris by Zahid Sardar

In & out of Paris by Zahid Sardar

Gardens of Secret Delights

Among the more than 30 great and small projects within In & Out of Paris are Vaux-le-Vicomte, Versailles, and Courances--all classic André Le Nôtre-style French gardens. Also discover the Paris gardens of celebrated artist Jean-Michel Othoniel and art aficionado Pierre Bergé, architect Kenzō Takada's Japanese retreat in the Bastille, Australian couturier Martin Grant's tiny terrace in the Marais, Mexican painter MariCarmen Hernandez's Montmartre rooftop, and American architect Michael Herrman's homage to Le Corbusier's surreal Champs Élysées garden for bon vivant Charles de Beistegui.

Modern masters Louis Benech, Gilles Clement, Pascal Cribier, Christian Fournet, Camille Muller, Hugues Peuvergne, and Pierre-Alexandre Risser are also featured, representing a new era of experiments, color, and asymmetry in the Paris garden.

Zahid Sardar is the design editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and has reported on garden, interior and architecture design for twenty years in the Bay Area. His work appears in Chronicle Magazine and other national and international design publications such as House & Garden, Western Interiors and Design, Elle D�cor, Architecture, Metropolis, Elle Decoration and Schoner Wohnen magazines.