Yves Brunier (landscape architect)

For the puppeteer, see Yves Brunier.

Yves Brunier (November 10, 1962—October 2, 1991) was a French landscape architect.

A graduate of the National School of Landscape of Versailles, he joined Isabelle Auricoste, and in five years of professional activity, he produced fifteen projects.

His work has a new and unique look at the space beyond the strict confines of his discipline. His work combines extremely strong visual effects to a completely new approach to landscape, revealed an exceptional talent. He drew his great creative freedom in both a rigorous critical attitude and a focus on individuals, places and things.

With Rem Koolhaas, he directed the Museum Park in Rotterdam, the garden of the Villa dall'Ava in Saint-Cloud, the first version of the Urban Park project Euralille (unrealized) with Jean Nouvel, the gardens of the Hotel St. James in Bouliac and the Hotel des Thermes in Dax, the Place du General Leclerc in Tours (before the International Congress of Tours Centre); with Willem Jan Neutelings and Franck Roodbeen, the seat of the European Centre for Patents in The Hague (unrealized) private gardens in the Gironde and Belgium.

Publications

• Yves Brunier, Landscaper by Rem Koolhaas, Birkhauser. ISBN 3-7643-5436-4.