Nice lookin’ bench you got there.
Most benches made from recycled lumber look like something you’d find at a Denny’s or a creepy rest stop. I’m pretty impressed with what I’ve seen from Loll so far – but do they pass the comfort test…
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Archive for March 2009
Progress at NE 99th
The landscape contractor, Teufel is doing excellent work at NE 99th, and we are on schedule to have a beautiful, established landscape by wedding day. The clients are a joy to work with, and we are all thrilled to see our collaborative design slowly emerge from the mud.
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A trip to Portland
I recently traveled to Portland and Seattle, to see how construction was progressing on the NE 99th Street residence, and to visit a new project site. The trip was wonderful, the projects look great, and I was able to visit family and old friends, and spend one fantastic day walking through Portland’s Hoyt arboretum with [...]
Required Viewing for Landscape Architects
OK, The Last Year at Marienbad can be infuriating (remember those SNL Calvin Klein ad spoofs in the 90’s?) but also beautiful, haunting and unforgettable. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a designed landscape featured so centrally in a film. The movie is a rambling, surreal, dream/nightmare, and the Chanel wardrobe and 1960’s hair [...]
Another design crush…
David Chipperfield kept some amazing war damaged walls in his restoration of the Neues Museum in Berlin. The gesture is an awesome sight (from what I can tell from the New York Times article) especially with the clean white stairs in intense contrast. Unfortunately a trip to Berlin may have to wait.
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Construction begins at NE 99th in Portland!
We are breaking ground next week at the NE 99th Street project in Portland! The house has great, mid-century bones, and the landscape is intended to be a contemporary complement to them. Best of all, the design will be the setting for the clients’ summer wedding, and I feel so honored to be a part [...]