It’s not just Gothic architecture that makes a good foil for honey locusts. I’ve always been fond of the Romanesque St. Paul’s parking court designed by Burck Ryan Associates. When it empties of cars, it’s a pleasantly proportioned and detailed plaza space punctuated with honey locust trunks; when the cars arrive, it becomes a shady [...]
Posts Tagged ‘engage with landscape’
Parking among the locusts
Posted in Deb's posts, Gristmill, Materials, Places, What we're thinking, tagged courtyard, engage with landscape, landscape architecture, linkedin, tree planting, trees on August 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Tilted planes
Posted in Deb's posts, Materials, Miscellaneous, Places, What we're thinking, tagged Cornell Arts Quad, engage with landscape, landscape, landscape architecture, linkedin, sensory experience of landscape, spatial design, tilted planes, turf panels on August 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
To digress just a little from the line discussion: That Parc Citroen photo puts me in mind of the Cornell Arts Quad, around which are ranged some of Cornell’s most historically and academically significant buildings. The Arts Quad is huge (obviously not what it has in common with the Parc Citroen lawns shown), and there [...]
New stone, old stone
Posted in Materials, Miscellaneous, Walls, What we're thinking, tagged engage with landscape, landscape, stone, stone walls on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In that last post, I don’t mean to imply that all veneer stone walls come from shady dealings, by any means, or that they are bad in and of themselves. I use veneer stone walls in plenty of my projects, and veneer is a valuable construction method in any number of applications. Often they are [...]
Stone walls for the taking? Let’s hope not.
Posted in Materials, Miscellaneous, Walls, What we're thinking, tagged engage with landscape, landscape, stone, stone walls on July 6, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Quite frequently I design a project that calls for one or more stone walls, and almost as frequently the stone I specify is New England fieldstone. Fieldstone walls are ubiquitous in this part of the world, and a good wall, even if it’s newly constructed, can help give structure and readability to a landscape. Because [...]
Aim to miss
Posted in Cemeteries, Deb's posts, Places, Plant management, Working Landscape, tagged arboriculture, arborists, engage with landscape, landscape, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Swan Point Cemetery, tree pruning on June 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Shortly after posting Monuments and Trees (June 5), I had a note from Art Presson, the Superintendent of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery. He wrote: “We too have noticed how rarely grave stones get wacked by falling trees. Mysterious intervention is a possible explanation. We had a 125 year old oak come down on top of a [...]
Wallis Howe Part 2
Posted in Gristmill, Places, What we're thinking, tagged engage with landscape, sensory experience of landscape, step design, walkway design, Wallis E. Howe on June 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In my first Influences post, I neglected to mention some things that made the Providence house I grew up in such a great design curriculum. I carry with me, and use in my work, several key principles. 1. The house’s front entry sequence was an exercise in welcome: wide bluestone steps, wide gravel walk, wide [...]
Dress ‘em up; they’re already outside
Posted in Gristmill, Miscellaneous, tagged engage with landscape, sashes on trees, trees on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The building is Norwood High School. Tomorrow is Patriot’s Day in Massachusetts; perhaps that’s why snazzy red sashes are wrapped around these trees.
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