the 2nd International Exhibition of Architecture (1953), title of Knight of the Order of the Crown from Belgium (1959), Diploma d’Honneur in Paris (1959), the Santos Dumont Medal of the Brazilian Government (1963), the Fine Arts Medal of The American Institute of Architects in Washington (1965), doctor of the Royal College of Art, London (1982) and an honorary doctorate from the Queen of the Netherlands. The Missouri Botanical Garden awarded him the Greensfelder Award and the Kentucky Botanic Garden proclaimed October 14, 1985 in his honor (Eliovson 1991). Works Landscape design of some gardens in the public buildings of Brasília Ministry of Army – water garden and excellent use of concrete forms. Foreign Affairs Building Ministry of Education Itamaraty Palace – headquarters of the Ministry of External Relations Copacabana promenade – Pavement landscape, large scale (4 km long) mosaic completed in 1970 on famous Rio de Janeiro beach. (Influenced by Portuguese pavement) Inhotim, Brumadinho Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, 1954 Flamengo Park – large public park in Rio de Janeiro built on landfill La Rinconada Hippodrome, Caracas, Venezuela Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela La Lagunita Country Club, Caracas, Venezuela Pampulha, Belo Horizonte Cascade Garden, Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida (Completed posthumously) Maracaibo Botanical Gardens, Maracaibo, Venezuela Peru Square, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Demolished) Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Casa Forte Square (Praça de Casa Forte), Recife, Pernambuco-Brazil Cascata Farm, Araras-Brazil Ipanema Park, Ipatinga, Minas Gerais Exhibitions 1948-52 - Painting toward architecture, Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art, several venues, USA. 1949 - From Le Corbusier to Oscar Niemeyer: Savoye House - Tremaine House 1949, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1991 - Roberto Burle Marx: The unnatural art of the garden, Museum of Modern Art, New York 2016 - Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist, Jewish Museum, New York. 2019 - Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx, New York Botanical Garden. See also List of landscape architects References Bibliography Giulio G. Rizzo ; Il progetto dei grandi parchi urbani di Roberto Burle Marx, In "Paesaggio Urbano", vol. 4-5; pp. 82-89, 1995. First English Language Edition. External links . . . . Tourist guide page with many pictures. . World Heritage Sites in Brazil Landscape or garden designers 20th-century Brazilian botanists Brazilian sculptors Brazilian landscape architects 1909 births 1994 deaths Brazilian people of German-Jewish descent Brazilian people of French descent People from São Paulo Conservationists