We have a few final tasks to tackle before the work at NE 99th is complete. The contractor has yet to add the Mexican Feather grasses to the front and back planting areas, and there is also the woodwork to seal and minor odds and ends to finish. It is looking great, and the lawn [...]
These photographs are part of a series done by Schink using true solarization, showing the movement of the sun across the sky. I love it that they look like crosses between ancient photos and contemporary drawings or paintings. Otherworldly.
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There is no reason that budget, space or even being a renter should prevent anyone from creating a little garden to love. On this little roof deck in San Francisco’s Liberty Hill neighborhood, I worked with the client’s existing planters to reestablish a living, vibrant, low maintenance garden. She has since moved, and luckily, was [...]
I don’t think I really understood the potential warmth of minimalism until I went to the Schindler House on King’s Road in Los Angeles. The notion that this house and studio will be 100 years old in just 13 years should give all of us a swift kick in the butt to try and come [...]
Greg and I visited the recently completed sculpture garden on the roof of San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art today. We had a great afternoon, it was sunny and hot, and we had the best iced coffee ever at the new Blue Bottle Coffee cafe anchoring the space. I enjoyed it, and looked forward to [...]
Japan is a place that probably inspired me more than anything else I’ve ever experienced. The strangest thing is, is that most of the general landscapes and cityscapes that we passed through were nothing too exciting – a little worn down, wires and neon signs everywhere and lots of dingy concrete. However, that mediocrity was [...]
Another great project in store for Third Nature is a residence on Brewer Road in Sedona, Arizona. As many of you know, Sedona is a funny little town (unicorn paintings, anyone?) set in the gorgeous high desert of Arizona, surrounded by spectacular rock formations.
The residence is great: part log cabin, part ranch. Think Twin Peaks [...]
The American Society of Landscape Architects has announced its 2009 ASLA Award winners. Categories include General Design, Residential Design, Analysis and Planning, Communications and Research. I thought the Preview Park for the Orange County Great Park project was an interesting mix of airfield graphics and landscape design, and of course, I am looking forward to [...]