April 21, 2018
For a rooftop terrace in Barcelona’s Horta district, landscape designers Jordi Sanchez and Nico Doblado of Simbiosi Studi created a unique outdoor sanctuary with a retro aesthetic influenced by Japanese art.
Sanchez and Doblado’s plan interpreted the expressed interests of … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Creating, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Lifestyle, Raised Beds, Reclaimed & Recycled, Rooftop Gardens, Vertical Gardens
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April 3, 2018
BEFORE
“I wish it were ours,” I thought when I spotted the ugly brown house on the hill overlooking a pond in the park. Six years later, it was our ugly house. Slowly, over the years, the ugly house got … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Container Gardening, Creating, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Outdoor Furniture, Privacy: Walls & Screens
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March 24, 2018
Seven screened windows on the exterior of this Hanoi residence let in cooling breezes and trees perched on suspended green balconies provide shade from the direct midday sun.
During the interior renovation of a Hanoi residence, architects from DANstudio addressed
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Category: Creating
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March 19, 2018
Millions of years ago nature perfected many of the design challenges we face today. Many contemporary designers across many fields use Biomimicry in the development of sustainable design solutions that emulate the patterns and strategies of designs found in nature. … Read More...
Category: Creating
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December 21, 2017
We’ve all heard the aphorism, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.” The phrase comes from Robert Frost’s 1915 poem Mending Wall. In the poem, two neighbors disagree about a stone wall separating their properties, one with pine trees, the other apple … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Container Gardening, Creating, Garden Design, Lifestyle, Privacy: Walls & Screens, Shade, Shade Gardening
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