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not the yellow brick road
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the main building with the administration, offices and so on
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red and black
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the ends are crazy!
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roots and bark
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the path leading up to the church and Burle Marx' residency
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semi-tropical
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and a big rock
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and here's the human scale
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more colors
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this was our group
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I'm not very good with names
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and these weird creatures on the wall
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when Burle Marx was growing up in Germany he was introduced to a lot of Brazilian species
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cactus
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nature might be satan's church, but it's pretty
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manicured lawns and totem poles
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the church is getting a make-over
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Germans, Americans, and Brazilians
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karl providing scale for all the right reasons
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the residence seen from one of the gardens
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pretty water lilies
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the blue door leads to the party patio!
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I don't know if he designed the pillow cover
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the water feature was brought in from Rio
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Burle Marx acquired the 365,000m² estate Barra de Guaratiba in 1949 to house his growing collection of plants.
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The house was rebuilt in a valley opening on the site of a garden house belonging to the original plantation estate.
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Much of Burle Marx' work has a sense of timelessnes and perfection
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tiled space around the corner from the residential wing
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