Perfectly cut, manicured lawns and stoic yard elements have a solid place in the landscaping world. But, there’s something to be said about wild, rustic environments that tap into the visceral spirit of humanity and nature.
Photography
Takumi Ota (cover image)
As you are well aware, gardening is a trendy hobby. However, not everyone can have the time to enjoy it. If you have more free time than most, don't wait. Get your garden so that you can get started with gardening. This will help relieve some of the stress in your life and give you something to look forward to each day.
Photography
Hao Chen (cover image), Eco Warrior Princess, Gary Barnes
Do you love spending time outside? If so, then your yard is the perfect place to make that happen. You can spruce up any outdoor space with a little hard work and creativity, and enjoy it for years to come. Your outdoor space is one of the few places where you can be creative without worrying about major consequences, so take advantage of that. Her...
Photography
Manolo Solis (cover image), Engin Akyurt
Everybody would like to raise the price of their property, and luckily there are different ways to achieve this. One unusual way is to invest in a garden. Here are some tips on how you could use your garden to increase the value of the estate.
Photography
Parham Taghioff
Walls and fences are typically used to keep people and areas separate, but at the Desert Botanical Garden an unusual series of structures actually brought people together. We combined wood, concrete, steel, stone and block to create a variety of richly textured and highly functional separators that both physically divided and visually connected ope...
Project name
Hazel Hare Center for Plant Science
Architecture firm
180 Degrees Design + Build & coLAB studio, LLC
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Photography
Bill Timmerman
Principal architect
Matthew Salenger coLAB studio, LLC
Design team
180 Degrees Design + Build & coLAB studio, llc
Collaborators
Garden Staff and Volunteers
Civil engineer
Dibble Engineering
Structural engineer
BDA Design
Environmental & MEP
Associated Mechanical Engineers, PLLC
Landscape
Trueform Landscape Architecture Studio
Lighting
Woodward Engineering
Supervision
180 Degrees Design + Build
Visualization
coLAB studio, llc
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion
Construction
180 Degrees Design + Build
Material
Polycarbonate cladding, galvanized steel, and galvanized copper. Sustainability and repurposing materials are incorporated into most of our projects. On this project, we used recycled wood, repurposed concrete formwork for the site retaining walls in the decorative and security fencing and re-used acoustical ceiling panels that were recycled from the Phoenix Children’s Museum
Budget
$3.5M Phase 1 / $12M Phase 2
Client
Desert Botanical Garden
Status
Phase 1 complete / Phase 2 scheduled to break ground in 2023
Typology
Cultural › Greenhouse
So...you have been living in your humble abode for quite some time now and feel you have got the interior, let's just say, “done to perfection!” However, due to all your focus being aimed indoors, the outdoors, in all honesty, has been totally neglected and in truth, your garden resembles a long-forgotten jungle that has evaded mankind’s attention...
Photography
Randy Fath (cover image), R.D. Smith
‘Tamara villa’ is a weekend home designed for a family of four on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The project exemplifies an idiosyncratic oeuvre that ranges from architecture to landscape.
Project name
Tamara Villa
Architecture firm
VPA Architects
Location
Ahmedabad, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Ronak Patel, Jinal Patel and Naiya Patel
Design team
Ronak Patel, Jinal Patel and Naiya Patel
Interior design
VPA Architects
Civil engineer
SMI Infrastructure
Structural engineer
Taknik Consultants
Lighting
Interio Lighting
Supervision
MI Infrastructure
Construction
SMI Infrastructure
Material
Kotah Stone, Brick, Steel grey, Solid wood, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
When the wind blows and brings the scent of flowers , When you enjoy your garden while you are in your living room , all of this can be true ! I called it " Lost in Nature "
Project name
Lost in Nature
Architecture firm
Amin Moazzen
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Amin Moazzen
Visualization
Amin Moazzen
