524 Redlands, Newport Beach, $2,195,000
Remodeled by well known architect, designer, and by Pebble Beach Resort landscape architect. Nestled between Cliff Drive Park with views of the ocean, and award winning schools, this 5 bedroom...
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Although glass and screens have eliminated the practical need for shutters, theyre still popular for decoration. They add another layer of thoughtful detailing to a house, says Ted Cleary, a landscape architect in Charlotte, North Carolina.
But to get the right look, you still have to consider function when choosing and hanging shutters, experts say.
Beauty in architecture, as with many objects, often stems from seeing a detail that illustrates its purpose, Cleary says.
A pair of shutters can cost anywhere from $100 to more than $1,000. Some tips on choosing the right ones for your home:
Size
Originally, shutters were used to keep out weather, noise and animals; when closed, they had to cover the whole window.
So shutter size is the most important thing to consider, says Lindsay Daniel, a Charlotte architect, who agrees with Cleary that homeowners must think function first, not decoration.
Make sure the shutters meet and completely cover the window opening. Otherwise, she says, the shutter looks like a stupid afterthought.
This means that shutters dont work on double-width or picture windows, says Richard Taylor, an architect and president of RTA Studio in Dublin, Ohio. To my eye anyway, it looks ridiculous, he says.
And take care about their shape when hanging shutters on arched windows, Cleary adds. Shutters are perfectly legitimate on arched windows as long as the (closed) shutter covers it, he says.
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Career Video Produced by the New Jersey Department of Labor under contract from the U.S. Employment and Training Adminisitration. Dec 2005.
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Although glass and screens have eliminated the practical need for shutters, theyre still popular for decoration.
They add another layer of thoughtful detailing to a house, said Ted Cleary, a landscape architect in Charlotte, N.C.
But to get the right look, you still have to consider function when choosing and hanging shutters, experts say.
Beauty in architecture, as with many objects, often stems from seeing a detail that illustrates its purpose, Cleary said.
A pair of shutters can cost anywhere from $100 to more than $1,000. Some tips on choosing the right ones for your home:
Size
Originally, shutters were used to keep out weather, noise and animals; when closed, they had to cover the whole window.
So shutter size is the most important thing to consider, said Lindsay Daniel, a Charlotte architect, who agrees with Cleary that homeowners must think function first, not decoration.
Make sure the shutters meet and completely cover the window opening. Otherwise, she said, the shutter looks like a stupid afterthought.
This means that shutters dont work on double-width or picture windows, said Richard Taylor, an architect and president of RTA Studio in Dublin, Ohio. To my eye anyway, it looks ridiculous, he said.
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FORMS OF GARDENS - Jean Caneel-Claes Erik Dhont
In Belgium, the pedigree of landscape architecture has been established principally through the design of gardens, first private then urban. To illustrate th...
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Last summer, landscape architect David Fierabend was tasked with turning a vacant lot on Broad Street into a peaceful pop-up garden for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The best indication that his woodland garden - shaded by a copse of graceful honey locusts - had succeeded? How little visitors noticed his handiwork.
"People would come in and say, 'David, you're really lucky these trees were here,' because they seemed like they belonged," said Avram Hornik of Four Corners Management, which worked on the pop-up. "And that's the skill. You can't train someone to do that. Either you have it or you don't have it - and David has it."
Over the last few years, that skill has made Fierabend (pronounced FEER-ra-ben), principal at Groundswell Design Group based in Hopewell, N.J., the go-to design mind for turning ugly and underutilized corners of the city into inviting temporary and permanent "outdoor lifestyle spaces" - that is, pop-up parks, beer gardens, and restaurants.
His latest extreme makeover, which opens to the public Friday, is the rebranded $700,000-plus Spruce Street Harbor Park, once an uninspired stretch of land along Columbus Boulevard. The temporary design, commissioned by the Delaware River Waterfront Corp. (DRWC) as a way to generate excitement and spur development along the river, transforms the park into a destination with boardwalks, swaying hammocks, and a floating restaurant.
Gesturing out toward the barges, where shipping-container concession booths were already installed and workers in a rowboat were coaxing a series of floating garden beds into place, he added, "Look at the flags flapping in the breeze, the trees swaying, and the grasses: I want visitors to feel something that taps into childhood experience, or a really nice moment in their life."
It's more than just landscaping: "We're now involved in this place-making business in Philadelphia," he said.
He has at least eight such projects underway this summer from Wilmington to New York. Many are playful reimaginings of summer in the city.
His work with the DRWC - begun in winter when he and Hornik helped reinvigorate the Blue Cross RiverRink by, as he puts it, "dropping a winter wonderland into a parking lot" - includes a beach-inspired update to Festival Pier.
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Meet Landscape Architect Roberto Capecci at Artists in Concrete Awards Asia Fest 2014 - 15.
Get a chance to meet worlds renowned architects at AICA 2015 Radisson Blu Resort, Goa.
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Creating your own Herb Tub with Jane McCorkell
In this short video filmed at Johnstown Garden Centre in Naas, Co. Kildare, award winning landscape architect and gardening expert, Jane McCorkell, suggests a few plants you can use to create...
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Chicagos parks owe a lot to Jens Jensen, but so do the miles of picturesque lakeshore in Indiana. June 19, 2014
As the temperature rises, thousands will be flocking to the Indiana Dunes this summer. But if it werent for a little-known landscape architect, the miles of beaches along southern Lake Michigan might not exist today.
Jens Jensen first became known for his pioneering work on Chicagos park system a century ago. The new documentary Jens Jensen, the Living Green also shows his role in saving the Indiana Dunes from industrial destruction.
WBEZs Michael Puente recently sat down with the films director Carey Lundin. She began by talking about how the Danish-born Jensen first ended up in Chicago.
Carey Lundin (middle) on location shooting the documentary Jens Jensen The Living Green. (Photo provided by Carey Lundin)
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By Kellie Hall, Special to the Independent
Carmen Salazar at work.
As a metalworker, glassblower, landscape architect and lighting designer, Carmen Salazars experiences as an artist span across varied terrain.
Describing her career path as circuitous, Salazars pursuit of many different art forms all seem relevant to her newest role on the Laguna Beach Arts Commission, which provides advisory recommendations over public art commissions to the City Council.
These recommendations frequently involve public arts projects, competitions often open only to local artists. The citys collection of public artworks now numbers over 65 pieces. Past projects include The Peoples Council sculpture by Linda Brunker near City Hall and Canyon Chess and Checkers by Marlo Bartels on Main Beach.
At the meeting to appoint new commissioners, the council considered but rejected reducing the number of arts commission members to seven from nine. The terms of four commissioners were expiring. Ultimately, three arts commissioners were re-elected, including architect Donna Olsen Ballard, artist and owner of a marketing company Suzi Chauvel, and retired marketing executive Mary Ferguson. The fourth seat was occupied by Nicholas Hernandez, who served four years on the commission but failed to turn in his application for reappointment on time. That provided the opportunity for a new appointment, hence Salazar.
Salazars selection comes a month after artist Jorg Dubin publicly criticized the arts commission for failing to compensate artists adequately, rushing installations and for aesthetic choices he deemed provincial and safe.
Salazars connections to an arts community in Santa Ana, her interest in boundary-breaking art and her young age perhaps reflect that Dubins concerns struck home.
Born in Washington, D.C. in 1975, Salazars frequent trips to the National Mall developed her interest in public art, she said in interview following the City Council appointment on June 3.
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A Circuitous Path Leads to Arts Commission