Boston/Cambridge
Beauty in a Fragile World
It has been a week since the Boston Marathon. I was in the process of writing several posts when,…
April 22, 2013-
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Book Reviews, Landscape HistoryBook Review: Tree Gardens: Architecture and the Forest by Gina Crandell
Elegantly written and designed, Tree Gardens: Architecture and the Forest, by landscape architect Gina Crandell, is the first book to explore…
April 6, 2013 -
Gardens, Landscape History, LondonSt. John’s Lodge: The Secret Garden
Quiddity – the ineffable quality of “whatness”. What you may ask is whatness? It’s everything that makes a place…
March 22, 2013 -
Book ReviewsBook Review: Captured Landscape: The Paradox of the Enclosed Garden by Kate Baker
What does it mean to capture a landscape? Is it truly possible to do so? In Captured Landscapes: The…
March 8, 2013 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensMount Auburn Cemetery: Inspiration for America’s Public Parks
According to the February issue of the global affairs magazine Monocle (www.monocle.com) Jakarta’s cemeteries “soon won’t be just a…
February 26, 2013 -
Gardens, Landscape History, Parks, Public RealmParco Civico/Ciani + Lakeshore Promenade: Lugano
“This is not a crazy pointless luxury; it is a shrewd investment by a city whose moral and economic…
January 15, 2013 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape History, Parks, Public RealmThe Commonwealth Avenue Mall + Public Garden
Several weeks ago I attended a lecture on the history of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. The central axis of…
January 3, 2013 -
Gardens, Landscape HistoryUNESCO’s Jardin Japonais: Garden of Peace
Last November I attended the 17th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Council on Monuments and Sites…
November 30, 2012 -
Book Reviews, Landscape HistoryBook Review: Women and Their Gardens: A History from the Elizabethan Era to Today by Catherine Horwood
Books about women gardeners and landscape designers, once very rare, have become a serious topic of scholarship in recent…
November 17, 2012 -
Boston/Cambridge, Landscape History, ParksPost Office Square: The Perfect Park
When does a square become a park and when does a park seem more like a garden? Do…
November 1, 2012