This Week on Landscape Design: Green walls are the new design trend. Let’s look at some examples. When it rains, it pours? Hardly. In this design, rain brings out some amazing street art. Storytelling using architecture – This design tells slavery’s violent story Check out the marvelous designs at Birr Castle in Ireland. Want to […]
Weekly Roundup (April 2)
This Week on Landscape Design: Street Wisdom – Do you have it in you? Designers were asked to visualize a redesign for Toronto Ferry Terminal and Waterfront Park. Check out the results. Good ol’ marketing strategy saves national parks. Find out how. Landscape Architect Kate Orff heads University of Columbia’s urban design program Fernando Casado […]
Weekly Roundup (March 26)
This Week on Landscape Design: After almost a decade of hard work, Toms Creek finds success as a nursery and a landscaping company. Old hand crafted stone walls – find them in different parts of the world. Planters galore – Check out these building that showcase planters for green facades Greenwich Village is going greener […]
Weekly Roundup (March 19)
This Week on Landscape Design Looking for a plant that drives in extremely hot weather, other than cacti, there’s Blue Elf aloe. Newsweek interviews landscape architect Martha Schwartz. Her company focuses on activating and regenerating urban sites and city centres. How to make an attractive city? Find the answers here. As an architect, what you […]
Weekly Roundup (March 12)
This Week on Landscape Design Find out how a landfill called “Mountain of Crap” is turned into a lovely park Quality of food is relative to how the crops are grown. Let’s take a look at how local farmers grow our food. Here are some new ideas on how to decorate with plants. HuffPost interviews […]
Weekly Roundup (March 5)
This Week on Landscape Design Check out some of the best land arts around the world. A coffee cup that turns into a seed packet after use so you can plant a tree hits Kickstarter. Will it garner support? $500,000 grant awarded to RFC to provide free training programs to budding urban farmers On Houzz, […]
Weekly Roundup (February 26)
This Week on Landscape Design In being a great leader, gender does not matter. Here’s your first virtual look into Sydney’s International Convention Center soon to rise at Darling Harbour. A sneak peek into the world that is architecture Find out where Sydney and Melbourne ranks in the global Sustainability Cities Index Design with high […]
Weekly Roundup (February 19)
This week on Landscape Design A restaurant that keeps the kids in mind… Who needs high-chairs? What’s garden designs are trending? Messy gardens are. There’s a reason they call it a bedhead design. Mark and Becky just wanted to install electric garage doors. What they got was a lot more. Miles worth of land growing […]
Weekly Roundup (February 12)
This week on Landscape Design: Check out what’s probably the smartest small space ever. And why do architects wear black? The decades-old joke. Margie Holly, in her column, tells us how a fun workplace is good for small businesses. Check out developments in Singapore with Marina One. Exploring the ultimate mobile home On Industry News: […]
Slate Trough Planters – Designing a Terrace for a Home in Drummoyne, NSW
IOTA’s Slate Trough planters were on scene at a terrace redesign in a home in Drummoyne, NSW. Kev Quelch and his team at Inovasis Design took on the redesign challenge and specified IOTA’s slate planters which blended well with a backdrop of natural colours. Designing a terrace for this sweet spot with container planters enhanced […]
Extra Large Garden Planters, Granite Pots – Fenwicks Marina
IOTA’s Extra-Large Granite planters were recently showcased at Fenwicks Marina in Brooklyn, New South Wales. The extra large garden planters blend nicely with the background of the Sandbrook Inlet along the Hawkesbury River. The Long Island Nature Reserve can also be seen over the horizon. The owners of the marina wanted to create a relaxing […]