Category: history
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Dwell Does Landscape
Recently there was a cadre of posts from the Dwell blog focused on the landscape – as part of the 101 Landscape. The content was mostly passable, with some information on this history of the profession, and an interesting article on lawn reduction… amongst some others. :: image via Dwell I was particularly interested in…
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Peril of the Forgotten
One of the most amazing and sad sights from my trip last year to Detroit was a swing ’round the disheveled and crumbling Michigan Central Depot, a massive train station built by the same architects responsible for NYC’s iconic Grand Central Station. With it’s monumental scale and litany of busted out windows, our group was…
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North Dakota – Mobile Chaplet
It is not too often that North Dakota architecture gets the nod from Some recent coverage from Bustler featured one of the 2009 AIA Small Projects Awards for the ‘Mobile Chaplet’ by Moorhead & Moorhead. :: image via Bustler“Mobile Chaplet is one of six portable spaces for reflection commissioned to travel to rural communities around…
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Wilderness, Continued…
Book Review continued from Part I: Reading List: Wilderness and the American MindAldo Leopold’s ideas of a ‘land ethic’ and ‘ecological conscience’ offered a touchstone for a new movement – giving birth to the idea of instilling Americans with a love and respect for their land. While mostly known for the amazing work ‘A Sand…
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Reading List: Wilderness & The American Mind
Taking a break from the computer and the endless array of blog posts gives one an opportunity to reconnect with the written word in a different way. (For full disclosure, I hate reading on the computer – so really have to slog through text heavy posts and articles…) A couple of interesting books that I’ve…
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Map Regression
A great and informative post on some garden history from none other than gardenhistorygirl explores the idea of map regressions, in particular the Mikhailovsky Garden in St. Petersburg. This time-based approach captures moments of design through particular eras, showing how public space and garden design is influenced (although sometimes with a bit of a lag)…
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DailyLand: Roberto Burle Marx
The New York Times featured a great retrospective of the work of Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. Check out the article and slideshow. Many in the realms of landscape architecture have been influenced by the bold geometry of his designs, as well as the urban integration of landscape into the consciousness of urban dwellers.…
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Oh Joyless Utopia
This quick one found via Modern Mechanix features a ‘City within a City’, featuring New York’s Interstate Commerce Center, envisioned in 1946 as a dreary, hypermobilized utopian hub. “This unique “in-building highway,” 32 feet wide and three-quarters of a mile long, and rising at a grade of only 6%, will be one of the outstanding…
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PHRWEE Urbanism
Coming from a childhood of tiptoeing through Air Force Bases around the world, I’m actually a big fan of random and overwrought acronyms (which I believe may have switched in my adult years to a new found love of clever portmanteau). In this regard, I am impressed with urb – and the fantastic and thought-provoking…
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What I did on my Summer Vacation – Pt.2
Again, I have a lull due to the joy of taking a bit of time off and visiting family… For round two of my summer break, I have recently returned from a trip to North Dakota to visit my dad. Starting in Minot, and traveling a good portion of the state over four days along…