LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture
University of Pennsylvania stuart weitzman School of Design
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Recommended citation: LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture, no. 20 (2024).
exotique
French form of exotic /ɛɡˈzɑdɪk/
adjective
• originating outside a particular place, system, etc.: those famous publike [sic] Gardens of Padua...are much to be commended, wherein all Exotick [sic] Plants almost are to be seene [sic].
• attractive, desirable, striking, or glamorous, typically by virtue of being or appearing unusual: much of Willis's poetry was album verse, with...a silky elegance and an exotic perfume that smack of that very sentimental and artificial school.
noun
• a plant or animal that has been introduced from another country or climate, and often requires specialist care to thrive: potatoes were first cultivated as a rare exotic.
Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd Edition
maura mcdaniel + isaiah scharen
daniel coombes
louise bani sarcar
wai lo ciara
claire napawan, linda chamorro + marc miller
dale wiebe + ryan coates
Endpapers: Henri Rousseau, Tropical Forest with Monkeys, 1910. John Hay Whitney Collection. Public domain.
Following: Le Jardin des Plantes. Intérieur de la serre. 1865. Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, FOL-LI-59 (8).
