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Taming Exterior Greenery: Landscape Design for Houses in Natural Environments

ArchDaily

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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Perched on the edge of an escarpment, these Kew villas create a meaningful connection to its natural site

Avontuura

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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IOAN’s Joshua Tree residence sets natural materials against a desert backdrop

Archinect

” 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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Turenscape's 'floating forest' reshapes a former wasteland into a multifunctional urban landscape

Archinect

Beijing-based landscape architecture firm Turenscape has completed the transformation of a former 126-acre dumping ground into a “dreamlike floating forest” in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang.

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The 'healing nature' of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects' new land bridge in Houston

Archinect

Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects ' Principal, Thomas Woltz, described his initial visit of the project’s site as a “post-nuclear landscape” when some 66 million trees suffered from a brutal drought in 2011.

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Omer Arbel balances nature and form in this award-winning Canadian Pacific Northwest house

Archinect

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.

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Natural Architecture: 7 Landmark Builds Making Landscape the Star Attraction

Architizer

Biodiversity, net zero and ‘nature-positivity’ increasingly direct conversations around the built environment. With that in mind, it seems only fair to look away from bold urban redevelopment schemes with their downtown sky gardens and instead pay tribute to architectural gems that opt to spotlight Mother Nature herself.