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The Inward Singing of a Glorious Fountain at Night
Romantic walks around Baron Victor Horta Fountain outside the entrance of the Cinematic museum down an alley behind BOZAR.
The grandeur of the silent night and the sleeping tulips lent aesthetic value to the romantic ambiance and sufficient space to shelter your dreams and your emotions.The gigantic fresco in the backdrop was celebrating the Age of Bruegel - 450 Year with street art trail in the very city centre ; art had found its way to express the emotional power and the human creativity in a striking visual form.
The Age of Bruegel - 450 YEAR - Street Art
Landscape architect Bas Smets was inspired by Pieter Bruegel's paintings and composed landscapes as a collage of fragments.The old master was not interested in representing reality but rather in creating imaginary landscapes made up of typically Brabant features and elements he had seen on his trips through Europe.
Bas Smets and his agency created impressive installations that have changed the street adjacent to BOZAR into a rolling landscape with terraces and trees.The route runs past institutions and locations that have a story to tell about Bruegel.
The mural above,in which you may recognise Margaret of Austria as a Widow ( by Bernard van Orley) ,is part of a whole series of frescos,all created by FARM PROD around Pieter Bruegel and Brussels,the city in which the painter made two-thirds of his paintings and was also buried.Bernard van Orley is a leading artist and representative of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting too.
The FARM PROD artists’ collective share with us their vision of the 16th century,borrowing images from two exhibitions,Bernard van Orley and the Renaissance and Prints in the Age of Bruegel.
Brussels and Bruegel are inextricably linked.To celebrate the 450th anniversary of the death of the great Flemish master, several exhibitions and original activities will take place throughout the year.
BOZAR : "Today we have once again arrived at a tipping point; forcing us to ask such fundamental questions as how we deal with our planet, migration, technology, work and democracy. This is why we now look back at the driving force behind the changes of the Renaissance."
The wooden fresco above opened officially on 30 April, 2019
during the Bozar Night.
Freedom Playground at MacFarlane Park, Tampa, Florida.
Freedom Playground is an all inclusive playground for children of all abilities.
Designed by Hardeman-Kempton & Associates, Inc.
Tampa, Florida
O Jardim Vasco da Gama, localizado em Belém, Lisboa, é um espaço verde com cerca de 4,2 hectares, construído entre 1983 e 1985 pelo arquiteto paisagista António Saraiva. Este jardim homenageia o navegador português Vasco da Gama e está delimitado entre a Avenida da Índia e a Rua Vieira Portuense, numa área histórica próxima do Mosteiro dos Jerónimos. Com um amplo relvado central, o espaço é ideal para lazer ao ar livre e inclui atrações como o Pavilhão Tailandês, oferecido pela Tailândia em celebração aos 500 anos de relações diplomáticas com Portugal.
Louisville's Iroquois Park is an oasis from the city. It is quiet up here on the overlook but it is noisy down there in downtown. This park was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Hidden away between Hampstead and Golders Green, the Pergola is a large Edwardian structure built in the early 20th century. A raised terraced and colonnaded walkway, constructed to connect two gardens separated by a footpath with public right-of-way. I'm going to have to find a model or two to drag along next time I visit.
Design by OKRA Landscapearchitects
Client; Houten City Council
Collaboration with; BunkerQ
Period; 2006-2007
The Japanese Tea Garden, tucked away in Central Park, San Mateo, is one of the finest tea gardens in California. Though located in a dense urban environment the garden, with its beautiful wooden bridges, lush landscaping and waterfalls, still exudes serenity and peacefulness. The garden was designed by landscape architect, Nagao Sakurai (1896-1973). Sakurai was formerly the Chief Gardener at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for 20 years.
This photograph has been selected as a finalist in the Irv Schankman Memorial Photography Contest. It will be on display in Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri, Saint Louis (UMSL) from June through October 2007.
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Saint Louis, Missouri.
architect: Eero Saarinen, Saarinen & Saarinen.
landscape architect: Dan Kiley.
Photograph by Andrew Raimist, 2006.
Eastside City Park an urban park located in the Eastside district of Birmingham City Centre. Designed by architects Patel Taylor with landscape architect Allain Provost, the park was opened to the public on 5 December 2012 at a cost of £11.75 million. Lining the frontage of Millennium Point, the park provides 14,300 square metres of landscaped green space, 310 trees, a 110 metres canal water feature and a public square incorporating 21 jet fountains.
In 2004, discussions began with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), outlining the preliminary processes regarding the development of the site. A May 2007 Big Lottery Fund request was filed for £25million, but was rejected in October of the same year. Birmingham City Council later pledged £5million to begin the project.
The park runs from the remaining portion of Park Street Gardens, northwards past the Masshouse development where and in an easterly direction along Curzon Street, past Curzon Street railway station and Millennium Point; the park terminates at the front of Birmingham City University's "Parkside" campus building.
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One of the glories of Acadia National Park are the carriage paths that wend their way through the forests of Mount Desert Island. And one of the wonders of those paths are the bridges that you pass under, and cross over, while exploring the paths on foot, carriage, or bike.
According to the National Park Service, there are 16 bridges that occur along the carriage paths to help span a ravine or road.
The Carriage Roads and stone bridges in Acadia National Park (a 57 mile network of woodland roads free of motor vehicles) were financed and directed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., between 1913 and 1940, for hikers, bikers, horseback riders and carriages. Approximately 45 miles of Carriage Roads within the park allow the activities of cross-country skiing and limited snowmobiling.
The Carriage Roads are the best example of turn of the century “broken stone” roads in America today. Granite from Mount Desert Island was quarried by the construction crews for road material and bridge facing. Native vegetation such as fern and wild blueberries was tastefully used to landscape the roadside.
Source: www.acadiamagic.com, www.nationalparkstraveler.com
September 2, 2012, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine, taken here.
The landscape architect, H. Hermann Muller, designed the area with different landscape types, such as English gardens, wet biotopes and terraces. Exhibition buildings were placed in this area.
De landschapsarchitect, H. Hermann Muller richtte het areaal in met verschillende landschapstypes, zoals Engelse tuinen, natte biotopen en terrassen. In deze omgeving werden tentoonstellingsgebouwen geplaatst.
For more than 30 years…Cultivating Connections between People, Plants and Places…amid a 434-acre public garden, The North Carolina Arboretum is located within the Bent Creek Experimental Forest just south of Asheville and adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 393. Surrounded and crisscrossed by forested coves and meandering creeks in the botanically diverse Southern Appalachian Mountains, The North Carolina Arboretum is set in one of the most beautiful natural settings in America.
Located on land within the Pisgah National Forest, the Arboretum is operated under a special use permit issued by the National Forests in North Carolina. This permit does not give the Arboretum the authority to allow commercial activities on National Forest land.
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture.
Eastside City Park in the Eastside district of Birmingham City Centre
In 2004, discussions began with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), outlining the preliminary processes regarding the development of the site. A May 2007 Big Lottery Fund request was filed for £25million, but was rejected in October of the same year. Birmingham City Council later pledged £5million to begin the project.
The Eastside City Park runs from the remaining portion of Park Street Gardens, northwards past the Masshouse development where and in an easterly direction along Curzon Street, past Curzon Street railway station and Millennium Point; the park terminates at the front of Birmingham City University's "Parkside" campus building.
The park was designed by Architects Patel Taylor with French Landscape Architect Allain Provost who gained commission for the project in 2006. Development of the park commenced in August 2011 by contractors Wates, before opening in 2013. Lining the frontage of Millennium Point, the park provides 14,300 square metres of landscaped green space, 310 trees, a 110 metres (360 ft) canal water feature and a public square incorporating 21 jet fountains.
When I stopped into the campus coffee shop I saw him standing near the door, evidently waiting for someone. The combination of his interesting hat, stylish glasses, and friendly face drew my attention right away. I introduced myself and my Human Family project and asked if he would allow a few quick, informal portraits for my project. After hearing about the project he appeared torn; he was clearly interested in meeting my request but he explained he was supposed to be meeting someone shortly. When I offered to do the photos just outside the door and be very quick, he agreed. Meet Walter.
I took only three photos and used the windows of the coffee shop as a background. I was aware that Walter was visually scanning and that I was borrowing time he didn’t have to spare and I said so. He replied “It’s not that I don’t have time, it’s just that I don’t know the man I’m to meet so I’m concerned that we won’t identify one another.”
Because of this, our conversation was very brief but I sensed a warmth and friendliness in Walter. He wondered if I was associated with the photography program at the university and I explained that I’m not. He volunteered that his meeting was to be with Robert Burley, a rather well-known photographer who is on the university faculty. Walter is writing a book and the meeting with Robert Burley was part of his research. The book will be about the genesis of Tommy Thompson Park – a unique, man-made spit of land jutting out into Lake Ontario in Toronto’s east end. Open to the public on weekends, this “urban wilderness” is a favorite of cyclists, joggers, hikers, and nature enthusiasts. The park is home to thousands of birds). The website www.tommythompsonpark.ca describes the park as follows:
“The Tommy Thompson Park Master Plan is the long-term vision for Toronto’s Urban Wilderness. It aims to create, enhance, restore and protect the natural features of the manmade landscape while providing recreational opportunities for all.”
It seemed a logical assumption, based on what Walter had told me, that he is a writer. He told me that although he does write, he is known, rather, as a Landscape Architect. I sensed a story which would have to remain unexplored because neither he nor I had sufficient time (I was on my way to a continuing education class). We did exchange contact information and when I asked him to share a message with my project he replied “We need to remember that we are all connected to one another and are all a part of the natural world – something the Indigenous people have long been aware of.” I said it sounded like a relevant message for my project as well as an appropriate one for a Landscape Architect.
The hat? He smiled and shrugged. “It’s from somewhere in Asia.” I told him it was striking and it was part of what drew my attention when I entered the shop. “You wear it well I said.” We parted with a friendly handshake.
I took the liberty of googling Walter when I got home and my inkling that he is an interesting man was confirmed. I learned that he is an acclaimed Landscape Architect. The firm of which he is a Principal is described here: www.landinc.ca. The website has this to say about Walter:
“With over three decades of professional experience, Walter has led numerous multi-disciplinary teams of professionals on design and planning projects throughout the world. An expert in sustainable community development, parks and recreational design, waterfront regeneration and cultural and institutional campus design, Walter is recognized as an internationally renowned leader and facilitator of landscape architecture and urban design projects. His work is widely published, and he continues to be involved in community workshops and international design competitions.
A graduate of Harvard University, Walter is a founding member of the Landscape Research Group at the University of Guelph, providing faculty and students with expertise in the biophysical and social reviews. As a past professor of landscape architecture at the University of Guelph, including a term as Director of the School of Landscape Architecture, he has had a profound impact on the education of countless landscape architects in Canada and abroad.
Walter leads the design visioning of projects throughout Canada and Internationally.”
Meeting this gentle, friendly man was just one more example of the fact that we never know what interesting stories lie behind the friendly faces we encounter each and every day.
This is my 823rd submission to The Human Family Group on Flickr.
You can view more street portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family.
Eastside City Park in the Eastside district of Birmingham City Centre
In 2004, discussions began with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), outlining the preliminary processes regarding the development of the site. A May 2007 Big Lottery Fund request was filed for £25million, but was rejected in October of the same year. Birmingham City Council later pledged £5million to begin the project.
The Eastside City Park runs from the remaining portion of Park Street Gardens, northwards past the Masshouse development where and in an easterly direction along Curzon Street, past Curzon Street railway station and Millennium Point; the park terminates at the front of Birmingham City University's "Parkside" campus building.
Eastside City Park in the Eastside district of Birmingham City Centre
In 2004, discussions began with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), outlining the preliminary processes regarding the development of the site. A May 2007 Big Lottery Fund request was filed for £25million, but was rejected in October of the same year. Birmingham City Council later pledged £5million to begin the project.
The Eastside City Park runs from the remaining portion of Park Street Gardens, northwards past the Masshouse development where and in an easterly direction along Curzon Street, past Curzon Street railway station and Millennium Point; the park terminates at the front of Birmingham City University's "Parkside" campus building.
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington.
Landscape Architect: Weiss / Manfredi
Completed: 2007
Sculpture, foreground: Louise Bourgeois - Eye Benches II (1996-7)
Sculpture, background left: Jaume Plensa - Echo (2011)
Eastside City Park in the Eastside district of Birmingham City Centre
In 2004, discussions began with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), outlining the preliminary processes regarding the development of the site. A May 2007 Big Lottery Fund request was filed for £25million but was rejected in October of the same year. Birmingham City Council later pledged £5million to begin the project.
The Eastside City Park runs from the remaining portion of Park Street Gardens, northwards past the Masshouse development where and in an easterly direction along Curzon Street, past Curzon Street railway station and Millennium Point; the park terminates at the front of Birmingham City University's "Parkside" campus building.
The park was designed by Architects Patel Taylor with French Landscape Architect Allain Provost who gained commission for the project in 2006. Development of the park commenced in August 2011 by contractors Wates, before opening in 2013. Lining the frontage of Millennium Point, the park provides 14,300 square metres of landscaped green space, 310 trees, a 110 metres (360 ft) canal water feature and a public square incorporating 21 jet fountains.
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San Francisco, California
detail of landscaping by Walter Hood at the deYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park
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On the outside wall of the MacCallum More Museum and Gardens in Chase City, Virginia is this relief sculpture of horses (with no tails); it is typical of the unexpected and fascinating artifacts found here. The museum and gardens are part of the MacCallum More and Hudgins House Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places #09001051. The following information is quoted from the NRHP nomination form prepared by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources ((DHR # 186-5020)
“MacCallum More is a six-acre property that includes the house, a guest cottage, a museum, and extensive gardens. The gardens were begun in 1929 by Lucy Morton Hudgins and expanded by her son, Commander William Henry Hudgins, in the 1940s, 1960s, and 1970s. Charles F. Gillette, a prominent Virginia landscape architect consulted on the design of the gardens. The gardens are enclosed by walls constructed of stones from the chimneys and foundations of numerous eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings that once stood in the surrounding countryside. There are numerous statues, structures, fountains, and artifacts, imported from Europe and the Far East by Commander Hudgins, in the gardens and adorning the stone walls. The museum and the gardens are open to the public, and MacCallum More can be used for meetings and small private parties. The guest cottage now serves as the gift shop and office for the museum and garden.”
Their website is www.mmmg.org/
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Opened 11 June 2016
PTW, with McGregor Coxall Landscape Architects and Cockram Constructions, have won a Design Competition for a small but very high profile project within Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. Building within a landscape of national historic significance at the southern edge of the Lower Palace Garden, the project is envisioned as an iconic but serene addition to the Gardens as a whole. The project respects the Arc Glasshouse through the introduction of a circular geometry based on the Arc itself. Envisaged as a building in the round it is designed to be viewed from many angles including its ‘fifth’ façade as it is overlooked by the city.
The project is to extend the function of the current Tropical Centre to better position it for a flexible programme of seasonal horticultural displays and educational experiences as well as contributing to the city’s available cultural venues from the Sydney Festival to Vivid and beyond.
Source: PTW
Built in 1928, the Bubble Pond bridge in Acadia National Park is unique; it is made entirely of compressed rock. Its name comes from the lake right next to it - "Bubble pond".
From 1915 to 1933, the wealthy philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. financed, designed, and directed the construction of a network of carriage trails throughout the park. He sponsored the landscape architect Beatrix Farrand, with the nearby family summer home Reef Point Estate, to design the planting plans for the subtle carriage roads at the Park (c.1930). The network encompassed over 50 miles (80 km) of gravel carriage trails, 17 granite bridges, and two gate lodges, almost all of which are still maintained and in use today. Cut granite stones placed along the edges of the carriage roads act as guard rails of sort and are locally known as "coping stones" to help visitors cope with the steep edges. They are also fondly called "Rockefeller's teeth".
Source: www.wikipedia.org, www.nationalparkstraveler.com/
September 3, 2012, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine, taken here.
The former Trawsfynydd nuclear power station and Reservoir, viewed from the Ffestiniog Railway while near to Maentwrog, in Gwynedd, North Wales.
Trawsfynydd nuclear power station is a former Magnox power station situated in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The plant, which became operational in 1965, was the only nuclear power station in the UK to be not built on the coast (cooling water was taken from the man-made reservoir, Llyn Trawsfynydd). It was closed in 1991. Work to completely decommission the site is expected to take almost 100 years.
The power station, which takes its name from the nearby village of Trawsfynydd, was designed by Basil Spence. The construction, which was undertaken by a consortium involving Crompton Parkinson, International Combustion, Fairey Engineering and Richardsons Westgarth, and known as the Atomic Power Constructions (APC), began in July 1959, and both of the reactors were in operation by March 1965, with the station opening fully in October 1968, at a cost of £103 million. It had two Magnox reactors producing 470 megawatts (MW) in total. The reactors were supplied by APC and the turbines by Richardsons Westgarth. The civil engineering work was undertaken by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts[4] and Trollope & Colls. The architectural consultant for the buildings was Sir Basil Spence and the landscape architect was Sylvia Crowe.
Nuclear flasks were transported to Trawsfynydd on a section of the former Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog railway that had been closed in January 1961. A single track was restored northwards with an entirely new line through the centre of Blaenau Ffestiniog that connected to the Conwy Valley branch. In 1963-4 a "Goliath" gantry crane was installed over sidings about 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) west of the power station. Beginning on 20 April 1964, nuclear flasks could be transported by rail between destinations such as Sellafield in Cumbria. The last regular departure was on 8 August 1995. The last train to carry nuclear material from Trawsfynydd left on 22 April 1997 hauled by EWS Loco 37426. The line was subsequently mothballed. In 2016 enthusiasts, who want to create a heritage railway, began clearing vegetation along the route.
Trawsfynydd was shut down in 1991. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has the responsibility of decommissioning the site. The work is expected to last decades.
Beginning in 1993, the highly-radioactive spent fuel rods were removed from both Magnox reactors and sent by rail to Sellafield. This was completed in 1997. Intermediate level waste - such as on the walls of the cooling ponds or pipes - have been carefully removed using robots over the next decades. Contaminated material is stored in a specially-designed building on the site. It will eventually be removed for deep burial in the 2040s. Between 2020 and 2026, the top parts of the two reactor buildings will be partially demolished to reduce their height. But the steel reactor cores - that housed the fuel rods - will not be removed because they are still far too radioactive. The final clearance of the site is scheduled to begin in 2071. By 2083 the area is expected to have been restored to its pre-nuclear state; 124 years after construction started and 92 years after the closure of Trawsfynydd power station.