UPNE – Integrated Landscaping: Lauren Chase-Rowell “A first-rate model for forward thinking landscapers everywhere. It’s time to bring nature back into our lives, and this book shows us how.”—Richard Louv, author, The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods “From initial design to plant choice to installation, this book will guide you in the [...]

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Photography in the Style of Traditional Chinese Painting by Don Hong-Oai | Retronaut Here, photography jumps into, and, dreamily, clarifies traditional Chinese painting. The effect is startling and unique; the images create a median between a far-off reality and a composed ideal. This series of images was brought to my attention by a college friend [...]

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Preserving Singapore’s ‘Green Spine’ – Southeast Asia Real Time – WSJ …away from the crowds and noise is an unexpected sanctuary: a 26-kilometer, century-old defunct railway connecting Singapore to Malaysia, which environmental groups dream of turning into Singapore’s own version of New York’s High Line, the former elevated rail line that was converted into a [...]

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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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Piet Oudolf Where Ecology Meets Design | Ecology Global Network by Fran Sorin Over the last decade, Piet Oudolf has become a ‘superstar’  in the gardening world. But few people have knowledge of the man who creates magnificent works of art. I was compelled to set up an interview with him exactly for that reason. [...]

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