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Explore - Landscape Design
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Landscape Architect Bernard Trainor
We're thrilled to welcome Bernard Trainor to Dwell on Design this year. The Monterey-based, Australia-born landscape architect has a knack for crafting gardens that complement their built and...
written by: Diana Budds05.15.13 -
A Surfer's Small Modern Backyard
We've called out our outdoor furniture favorites before, but the deft use of these Loop chairs by Willy Guhl for Eternit puts them squarely on our list. Matt Jacobson and Kristopher Dukes's small...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Dave Lauridsen03.25.13 -
Pooling Around
We take a look at 10 of our favorite swimming pools and pool houses from over the years. Whether for recreation, exercise, or simply to beat the heat, these pools (and in some cases their...
02.01.13 -
7 Outdoor Design Ideas
For some, the Great Outdoors might mean rugged mountains, untrammeled forests, or wide-open plains. The residents of these seven homes managed to carve out their own great outdoor retreats—a...
written by: Diana Budds11.03.12 -
Spring Awakening
A landscape architect in San Francisco harnesses an underground water source to create a lush marshland in his own backyard.
written by: William Bostwick10.26.12 -
Brooklyn Botanic's New 'Do
Last week, as spring's balmy temperatures took a temporary dip into glacier territory, the two founding partners of architecture and urbanism firm Weiss/Manfredi led a hard hat tour of their new...
written by: Kelsey Keith04.05.12 -
Street Furniture Your City Wishes it Had
Street furniture already catches the eye of denizens eyeing a resting spot, but in select cities it also has people marveling at their good looks. Designers from all over the world are adding...
written by: Tim Newcomb02.04.12 -
Mid-Century Modern on the Playground
In honor of our family themed July/August issue, we've invited guest writer Paige Johnson, who spearheads the blog Playscapes, to share her perspective on some of the most innovative contemporary...
written by: Paige Johnson08.01.11 -
How to Build a Natural Playscape
In honor of our family themed July/August issue, we've invited guest writer Paige Johnson, who spearheads the blog Playscapes, to share her perspective on some of the most innovative contemporary...
written by: Paige Johnson07.26.11 -
Playgrounds Worth A Trip
In honor of our family themed July/August issue, we've invited guest writer Paige Johnson, who spearheads the blog Playscapes, to share her perspective on some of the most innovative contemporary...
written by: Paige Johnson07.18.11 -
Powell St. Parklet
San Francisco's thriving Pavement to Parks initiative—dozens of street parking spaces have been transformed into small, hardscaped parks the city over—arrived on center stage Wednesday....
written by: Aaron Britt07.14.11 -
An Introduction to Modern Playscapes
In honor of our family themed July/August issue, we've invited guest writer Paige Johnson, who spearheads the blog Playscapes, to share her perspective on some of the most innovative contemporary...
written by: Paige Johnson07.11.11 -
Good Clean Fun
Far from pandering to the whine of youth, this urban play garden fosters thoughtful interaction in a protected setting within the bustle of San Francisco.
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Marion Brenner07.07.11 -
Zaha Hadid's Milan Installation
As part of last month's Milan Design Week, Zaha Hadid Architects teamed with LEA Ceramiche to create "Twirl," a mesmerizing installation in the 18th-century courtyard of the State...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.10.11 -
Staten Island
While my appreciation of New York’s 24-7 public transit system remains immeasurable, I am pleased, as day two begins, to catch a ride in a Parks Department Jeep to Staten Island. Within an...
written by: Marc Kristal02.14.11 -
Master Stroke
In Santa Monica, California, where pools are plenty but not always eye-pleasing, Padraic Cassidy lifted one 30 inches off the ground—dramatically elevating its aesthetic appeal.
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: David Allee01.04.11 -
Growing Home New Orleans
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans still houses to up to 70,000 vacant lots. Two years ago, however, the city put a plan into place to help residents revive their neighborhoods. The...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.19.10 -
Apples from Asphalt
Mobile City Farmstead is bringing a little bit of the heartland into the big city, one vacant lot at a time.
05.04.09 -
Branching Out
Arborsculpturist Richard Reames has spent the past 16 years making more than 100 sculptures, chairs, pieces of furniture, tool handles, mailboxes, and fences out of living trees.
written by: James Nestorphotos by: John Clark02.26.09 -
The Lawn Goodbye
We sunbathe, picnic, and play sports on them. Our bare feet seem inexorably drawn to them. And for many of us, they’re the first thing we see when we step out the front door: lawns. It&rsquo...
written by: Arnie Cooperphotos by: Fritz Haeg02.26.09
