The Last Year at Marienbad takes the cake, and since I saw that movie, I’ve been thinking back to all of the other films I’ve seen where the landscape is intrinsic to the plot and feel of the film. When I think of the natural landscape as a main player, I think of Days of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What to do with a deteriorating city? As the New York Times reports, you can speed its decline, and selectively demolish and reconcentrate inhabitants to smaller, denser neighborhoods with reformed centers, and return outlying lands to pasture and forest. Not a bad idea, and the good news is, Flint, Michigan is going to try and [...]
The lucky few that have what they need these days, are just that, a lucky few. Everyone is struggling, in big and small ways, and I think its time to remember that living simply, without waste and without apathy can be a true joy.
From time to time, it can seem that working on a garden [...]
I’m a huge fan of the Ace Hotel in Portland, Stumptown coffee practically in the lobby, amazing restaurant, Clyde Common, practically in the lobby, Powell’s Books, one block away. Oh man, happy days. All of that said, and those are pretty amazing perks, the best part about that hotel is the design.
Now that the Palm [...]
I love the Bay Area! I took this photo on my lunch break while I was at a weekend class for the LARE Exam at the YMCA Point Bonita. It was a busy, intense weekend, but the setting made it all better.
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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 [...]
