Finally. In this great article, we're starting to see where sustainability is evolving with beautiful aesthetic - form and function are starting to work together: "Over the past five years, as climate change has become more obvious and energy costs have spiraled up, a number of designers have begun to champion an approach to landscaping that marries traditional environmental concerns — sustainability, biodiversity, restoration, conservation — with a sensitivity to aesthetics and a flexibility that they said was missing from green-gardening crusades of the past."
Landscaping by Bernard Trainor in Marin, CA (pic: Jason Liske, above as well)
The pictures are marvelous and the overview of the landscaping world is informative. We only wish we could also see INSIDE these houses as well....
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Comments (8)
It's hard for me to take these guys seriously when they keep talking about sustainability and eco friendly landscaping but they have a huge dang pool sitting in the backyard. That's so eco-friendly. BTW, I wouldn't want to have a yard like that and a pool next to it...can you imagine how dirty that thing gets? so much for the asthetics of it all....
Maybe its all filled with grey water? ;-)
I thinks its gorgeous. almost unreal-like.eco-sci-fi for the first image.
um.....thats amazing
i love the minimalism of the pool in marin. reminds me of a richard misrach photo used on the cover of a lloyd cole album years ago... but much less derelict. seems like from a water-use standpoint, though, pools are not the best use of resources. would love to see some well-design covered pools (with integrated covers) that help to retain water provide safety (and help the tidiness).
btw, in the captions above: "Charlottesvill, VA", should be "Charlottesville, VA"
Great to see talented landscape architects in the news!
I'm somehow thinking these pools are really for the wild animals that live in the area---can you just see the gathering late at night. Perhaps there is also a Green electrical shock system that surrounds the vast acreage and pool to keep out the riffraff from the neighborhood.
The pool boy does show up twice a day from the nearby town about 50 miles away to clean!
I will admit this is really something!
Oooooooh woooooooow sooo freakin' beautiful. It looks so peaceful.
like it