#landscape-design

#landscape-design

It is a cold, damp day in January, but the buzz at Goodwood is electric. On a 75-acre woodland encircled by flint walls, about a thousand new trees and 100,000 bulbs are taking root. Work is at full pelt on the refurbishment of two flat-roofed pavilions, originally designed for the Cass Sculpture Foundation by architect Craig Downie, and the construction of a new café, created by his studio.

When the Westhampton SeaBreeze Motel opened just off the Montauk Highway in 1956, the heyday of the motor lodge was nearing its peak. Car ownership was on the rise- road trips, too. Each new segment of the Long Island Expressway, then in the early days of construction, made it progressively easier for the ever-growing number of tourists to reach the seaside towns out East.

Shamanth Patil + 27 Principal Designers: Ar. Srikanth Reddy (Co-founder & Partner), Ar. Neelesh Kumar (Co-founder & Partner), Ar. Raghuram (Partner) Landscape Design: Kiasma Studio More SpecsLess Specs Shamanth Patil Text description provided by the architects. In 2021, Mr Sachin Agarwal and Mr Nitin Agarwal came to us with an idea to build a family weekend home. In the process of understanding their needs, we had multiple rounds of discussions with the brothers. We asked them to come back with a written brief about their needs, and the brief should contain the views of all three generations of their joint family.

"It was a barren, parched hillside when we moved in," Seigal remembers. "Now, when you're sitting in the living room, you feel like you're outside in a fantastic oasis."

The 'Nanqiao Source' renewal scheme proposes an 'One River Nine Beads' acupuncture approach, integrating historic and commercial fragments through nine microinterventions.

Traditionally, landscape planning involved rough sketches and guesswork, leading to miscommunication and costly revisions.

The beauty of a Japanese garden is that they are pared back to only what is necessary.

Climbing vines, like ivy and wisteria, can enhance home aesthetics but, if unmanaged, may inflict severe structural and cosmetic damage.

The primary purpose of a retaining wall is to hold back soil and create level areas on a sloped site, while blending purpose with landscape design.