Stephen Wallis
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Lawns Draw Scorn, but Landscape Designers See Room for Compromise
Conventional turf lawns have come under attack. Landscape designers are using water-wise and native plants to balance green with “green.”
Green Architecture Hits a Growth Spurt
Buildings made shaggy with vegetation or fragrant with wood are no longer novelties.
In Italy, Giving a Long Unoccupied Farmhouse a Loving Restoration
In Italy’s “heel,” an unoccupied house in poor condition received a loving restoration.
A Brooklyn Brownstone Gets an Aggressive Passive Push into the 21st Century
Updating a Victorian brownstone in Carroll Gardens according to Passive House principles didn’t mean sacrificing the charm.
Cautionary Climate Tales That Give People Pause When They Press Play
The India-born director Joshua Ashish Dawson builds digital worlds that ruminate on the future shock of environmental destruction in the real world.