Posts tagged: architecture
‘Falling Water’ was built over a stream and falls near Mill Run, Pennsylvania in the U.S. Designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935.
‘Ratatosk’ is a playful tree folly made from pollarded ash trees by the Norwegian firm, Helen and Hard. It was created for the 2010 exhibit called ‘Architects Build Small Buildings’ at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Their design process was pretty amazing and you can see and read more about it by clicking through. If you’re a design geek, you’ll love it. Thank you to Solvieg Landa for submitting this.
Entertaining terrace designed by Maryland based McInturff Architects for a home in Northern Virginia. I love the T A L L fireplace and simple seating arrangement. Wonderful textures. I have to admit that I have a special interest in this since McInturff designed an addition for my home. Photo by Julie Heine.
An elevated walk in Kadriorg Forrest in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Designed by the Japanese firm, Tetsuo Kondo Architects, it is 95 meters (312 feet) long and made of steel pipe and sheet metal without any posts. Will somebody explain to me why it isn’t falling down or at least swaying wildly when people walk on it?
Wood benches: Inspiration in designing garden furniture. Part of the Potemkin installation by Finnish architect Marco Casagrande for the Echigo-Tsmari Art Triennial in Japan, 2003. There is a narrative that goes with Potemkin that has nothing to do with bench design. Worth reading in the click through. Photo by Dean Carmen.
How to landscape this: ”Baca Architects was recently granted approval to build the UK’s first amphibious house on the banks of the Thames River in England! The test home will respond to the issue of rising floodwaters – a pressing world-wide problem caused by climate change. When faced with rising tides, the house would rise and float, keeping its occupants safely out of harm’s way.”
’The Sackler Crossing’ at the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew by John Pawson, 2006. Materials: dark granite for the deck and cast bronze for the closely spaced posts. Sublime. Images by RGB Kew.
Gorgeous curve. Spare, clean lines, as always, with minimalist architect, John Pawson.
John Pawson
A Place to Gather: Ben Gurion Square, the entrance to Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel. Designed by Chyutin Architects. Strips of concrete alternate with concrete benches and vegetation (grass, Equisetophyta, and seasonal plants changed 3 times a year). Have you noticed that strips of whatever and Equisetum are now the darlings of Landscape Architects? (Think High Line.) Did Andrea Cochran start it all in her residential gardens? I love the look. Just wondering…
