The landscape

When building in an open setting, the landscape is a powerful condition. It can change quite substantially with no human intervention – even if it is manmade, and just seemingly naturalistic – because the seasonality of climate does this all on its own. The cycles and rhythms of the natural world can shape the land in profound ways that make our human footprint on it diminutive. In this sense, landscape is the ultimate context. As landscape architects, we embrace this way of seeing. Read more

Book / Citymakers: Pragmatics of the Picturesque

The Picturesque has come to influence how we look at and respond to the city. We investigate what the picturesque is, as both a theory of historic origins and as a practical design tool for urbanists.

Talk / Citymakers - Pragmatics of The Picturesque: As found, as needed, as experienced

How does the romanticisim of the picturesque fair when faced with the harsh reality of a Victorian sewer line?