Engineering the landscape – Capability Brown’s role

Abstract

Celebrating the 300th anniversary of birth of Capability Brown is an opportunity to recognise the significant contribution the 18th Century landscape architect made to civil engineering leaving a sustainable legacy. As a gardener, architect and engineer, he was responsible for over 250 gardens transforming the landscape by extensive earthworks, drainage schemes, earth dams, roads and planting using only the power of people and animals. Brown and his contemporaries such as Grundy Jr, Brindley, Ince and Smeaton, were responsible for innovative engineering that survives today because of continuing investment and maintenance.

Metadata

Authors/Creators:	Clarke, BG https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9493-9200 Barrett, B Hudson, E Whibberley, E
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2017, ICE Publishing. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (London) Engineering History and Heritage. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Keywords:	earth; dams; excavation; geology
Dates:	Accepted: 28 October 2016 Published (online): 19 January 2017 Published: February 2017
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) > Institute for Resilient Infrastructure (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2016 15:26
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2017 23:21
Published Version:	http://doi.org/10.1680/jenhh.16.00017
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Thomas Telford Ltd
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1680/jenhh.16.00017