New England Moves to Preserve a More Recent Heritage – NYTimes.com While their creations might seem out of place here, they match the ideals of Thoreau, said Alexander Gorlin, an architect whose book with the photographer Geoffrey Gross, “Tomorrow’s Houses: New England Modernism,” came out this year. Mr. Gorlin said the plain, functional style of [...]

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Site Character: An Approach to Creative Design Discover a contextual approach to shaping landscape and garden space. A design method is outlined which bases decision-making on the characteristics of the site, not conventional style or structure. Topics include connecting spaces, the relationship between background and foreground, transparency, and framing views. The instructor illustrates his talk [...]

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Roy Diblik: Champion of natives and influential plantsman By Beth Botts   X St. Charles (Kane, Illinois)   Geneva (Swiss Confederation)   Morton Arboretum   Missouri   Lake Geneva   Millennium Park   Art Institute of Chicago     chicagotribune.com – (via Garden Writers Today)   …project by project, plant by plant, Diblik, 57, has [...]

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America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools 2009 The 2009 edition of America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools contains 110 pages of charts, graphs, data, and analysis of design programs across the nation that no student, prospective student, school counselor, or hiring manager should be without. Inside you will find:

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Treetop walkway at Kew Gardens | Travel | guardian.co.uk Treetop walkway at Kew Gardens (9 pictures) Thumbnail view Read more Stairway to heaven for tree lovers at Kew gardens One hundred and eight steps up, tree top walk way provides new striking view of Londo 1 / 9 The 200m-long walkway was designed by the [...]

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