Radical Nature.

Agnes Denes, Wheatfield – A Confrontation, 1982. Two acres of wheat planted and harvested in Battery Park Landfill, downtown Manhattan. Commissioned by Public Art Fund, New York City. Photo: Agnes Denes

This October, an exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London focuses on “how we can reframe our relationship to nature in [...]

Change Something

It’s interesting how turning an everyday activity into something new and different can change our behavior.

Watch THIS.

Lawrence Halprin

“Combine, as much as possible, life with work – and by work I mean creativity.”

Lawrence Halprin, a legend in our profession, died on Sunday at the age of 93.

Along with many other projects, he designed the FDR Memorial in DC, the approach to Yosemite Falls [...]

Living Walls and Rooftop Gardens

A few more resources on rooftop and vertical gardens:

image courtesy of Burckhardt+Partner

Rooftop Gardens at Gardens in the Sky

Green Walls and Living Wall Systems at Elevated Landscape Technology

G-Sky provides planning and engineering information for incorporating vertical gardens into your designs.

MUBI, GLT and VGM are also living wall [...]

Conspicuous Harmony

Image courtesy of Nelson Kon and The Plan Magazine

Tryptique Architecture is (porously) paving the way for the integration of natural systems and growth into the structure and function of architecture.  In Sao Paulo, Brazil  they created a “mineral/vegetated skin”  for a three story building of six artist studios called Harmonia 57.  The [...]

 
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