This is the California that lived in my imagination before I moved here. A Radial (and radical), tree house complex tucked away in the redwoods, built by a serious architect but feeling like a daydream. Daniel J. Liebermann designed and built the house in 1958 for his family. The New York Times recently featured the [...]
Posted on June 17, 2010, 8:08 am, by randi, under
Built.
While construction continues at the main residence of Templeton Ridge Winery and Burbank Vineyards, the plantings at the agricultural manager’s residence have established themselves nicely. This portion of the project was meant to be a modest yet homey residential garden to echo the style of the larger main residence. The sunny concrete patio is anchored [...]
I just returned from a beautiful wedding reception at Manka’s Inverness Lodge on Tomales Bay. The reception was at the Boat House, a beautiful, weathered building on the water with a long pier and amazing views of the bay and surrounding hills. I’m a big fan of Manka’s, having had our own wedding dinner in [...]
Posted on June 11, 2010, 11:06 am, by randi, under
On the Boards.
I’ve just started working on another great mid century modern ranch project. It’s located in San Rafael, just a few blocks from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Marin Center. The backyard features an existing pool set at an angle, and I’m proposing adding a long clean concrete planter wall parallel to the pool edge, simplifying and solidifying [...]
The Smithsonian Institution has recently uploaded a set of glass lantern slides from the 1920′s and 1930′s of American Gardens to its Flickr photostream. The photos are primarily of estates in their heyday and feature works by Gertrude Jekyll, Jens Jensen and Fletcher Steele. For more information about the Archives of American Gardens, visit the [...]