Taming Exterior Greenery: Landscape Design for Houses in Natural Environments
ArchDaily
JUNE 24, 2023
One of the most successful ways of achieving this is through a thoughtful design of the landscape that complements the built project.
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ArchDaily
JUNE 24, 2023
One of the most successful ways of achieving this is through a thoughtful design of the landscape that complements the built project.
Avontuura
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Perched on the edge of the escarpment, the site allows unencumbered connections to landscapes which are rare this close to the city. The post Perched on the edge of an escarpment, these Kew villas create a meaningful connection to its natural site appeared first on Åvontuura.
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Archinect
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” Photo credit: Ye Rin Mok Photo credit: Ye Rin Mok “The landscape is harsh, and it can take decades for a plant or tree to recover if displaced from its delicate ecosystem,” says Fernando Gerscovich of IAON about the project.
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Archinect
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Archinect
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A demonstration column had to be constructed on the site in order to get the clients' final approval. The result is an aesthetically pleasing four-volume arrangement recovered by the landscape that blends process and material into a singular modern and bucolic harmony.
Architizer
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Industry of All Nations (IOAN) has built a wooden pavilion in the rugged natural landscape of the Mojave Desert, against the backdrop of California’s Joshua Tree National Park, in the United States. Named The Landing House, the pavilion is located on a site approximatel.
Deezen
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Architizer
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The following rural retreats also seek to make the most of the country’s rich and surreal landscapes. With this project the architecture firm wanted to present an alternative vision for New Zealand’s coastal future — one defined not by decadent holiday mansions but by a more intimate connection with nature. Cora House. Island Retreat.
Dwell
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On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. The house is 1,700 square feet, and reaches into the landscape with a sheltering roof and screen walls to create usable outdoor spaces on all sides.
Landscape Architecture Magazine
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A kind of manual for designing nature without ecology is found in the series of artful drawings that reveal a strategy for working with plants through quantity, species, spacing, and cultivar. Each tome is a reminder that Oudolf’s prolific publishing career is as profuse as his “nature-like” style. © Piet Oudolf.
Archinect
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Deezen
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A pair of stone towers and a thatched -roof palapa are among the features at a nature retreat in southern Mexico designed by architects Mauricio Rocha and Gabriela Carrillo. It sits at the edge of a nature preserve on Punta Cometa, or Comet Point, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and was once the site of an Aztec fort.
Dwell
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Deezen
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Deezen
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Deezen
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Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked "as a possible home site". The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. The opportunity came with challenges. Facades are clad in grey-hued, interlocking metal panels.
Deezen
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Known as Indie Lab, the 69,632-square foot (6,469-square metre) complex is situated on a steeply sloped site next to a nature preserve outside the city of Medellín. The curve became a way for the nine-story building to tie into the surrounding landscape.
designboom
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the meticulously positioned new building integrates with the natural slope of the site, fostering connections between outdoor spaces on different levels. The post school expansion’s louvered facade opens entirely toward the swiss alpine landscape appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Architizer
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Nestled in the heart of America, Arkansas is rich in natural beauty and cultural heritage. Known for its picturesque landscapes, including the majestic Ozark Mountains and the winding Arkansas River, the state’s architecture is grounded in its natural surroundings.
Habitus Living
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The trail and sites explore the rich Aboriginal culture of the Jardwadjali and Djab Wurrung Peoples who have lived in these ranges for thousands of years. Every site responds to the vivid landscape around it. And for every step of the way, a new vista, of art or nature, awaits. Communal shelter at Barigar.
Deezen
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The winery is located in a rolling green landscape of fields and vineyards outside the village of Kurdějov, which has historically been one of the region's most important wine-growing sites and subject to a recent growth in wine tourism. At the rear of the building, large concrete columns frame a parking and delivery area.
Habitus Living
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A handful of key features of this new house stand out straight away – the clean, minimalist lines that are all the more effective for their scale and strong geometry; a restrained selection of timbers and concrete; fluidity between indoors and outdoors; and, perhaps most strikingly, the connection to nature.
Deezen
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Swedish practice White Arkitekter has completed the Exercisfältet Stormwater Pond in Uppsala, Sweden , providing water purification and flood protection while also creating a biodiverse landscape for local residents. The photography is by Måns Berg.
Deezen
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Indonesian practice Stilt Studios has completed a series of "nature-centric" villas for the Grün Uluwatu resort in Bali , which are elevated on steel columns to sit among the tree canopy. This approach allows for a more sustainable and harmonious coexistence between the built environment and nature,” he added.
Architizer
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Deezen
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Also included is a scheme that aims to implement landscape architecture methods that stop diseases from spreading, as well as a project examining the impact of wildfires. Landscape architecture is a broad field that encompasses the design of a complex range of environments outside our buildings.
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Deezen
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Deezen
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Deezen
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Dwell
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Deezen
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Archinect
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Additionally, the design addresses the existing house's missed opportunities to take full advantage of the site's natural beauty – namely refining the entry approach from the forested driveway on the east and opening the house to views westward of an expansive rolling meadow and of the Sudbury River.
Deezen
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