Showing posts with label Pursley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pursley. Show all posts

Monday, April 4, 2011

Romantic

There's a movement in residential architecture toward re-establishing the Romantic. In the Romantic, first conceived by the Edwardians, architects borrow on motifs from history to design or embellish their new houses, with the beautiful buildings of English architect Sir Edwin Lutyens becoming a prominent design guidepost. Lutyens was a habitual borrower himself, using medieval, Elizabethan, Georgian and classical decoration in his arts and crafts styling. Here are two of the best practicing today.

You can see the historical influence in this house by McAlpine Tankersley.
Here Pursley has beautifully recreated the English Arts and Crafts.
Ivy Rock is a Lutyens house from 1904

About Me

I am a landscape designer based in Key West, Florida and Surry, Maine. I place much attention with the house, not as an adjunct to the garden but as an integral element. This symbiotic relationship will always produce the best and most natural environment. The best description for my views on the relationship between the garden and the house comes from the naturalist Charles Keeler, “landscape design with occasional rooms in case of rain”