• The Elements of Urban Landscape Design

    Landscapes/October 5, 2022/

    By definition, an urban landscape is one which is complex and multidimensional, incorporating both natural and artificial elements. The landscape itself encompasses everything the eye can see from various stand points. This will include not only those features within close

  • landscape design atmosphere

    What Do We Mean by Atmosphere? Why is it Important for Garden Design?

    Atmosphere is a kind of mood felt within an environment, a characteristic feeling that encapsulates the space, like a sphere of meaning or identity.

  • Experiencing a Garden – Atmosphere, Physicality, and Being Present

    Landscapes have feeling. Gardens have atmosphere. Our experience of space is essential to our creation and evaluation of it. In these regards, the philosophy of phenomenology provides a salient perspective.

  • How Does it Feel to Sculpt Space? The Experience of Landscape and Garden Design

    Landscapes have feeling. Gardens have atmosphere. Our experience of space is essential to our creation and evaluation of it. In these regards, the philosophy of phenomenology provides a salient perspective.

  • Capability Brown – Imperceptibility and Potential

    Gardens, History, Landscapes, Philosophy/January 23, 2022/

    The shift to ‘nature’ in landscaping entailed an approach whereby the finished product gave little, if any, hint that someone had been hired in the first place. Brown’s landscapes seemed entirely natural, entirely expected, as if they had been that way since time immemorial, but they were indeed artificial.