If your front yard feels dated, or has a whimsical yet fussy style that you've grown tired of, it's time to turn to a more contemporary look. Often, this means stripping out the excess and focusing on ...

Contemporary landscapes rarely succeed by accident. Clean lines, controlled contrast, and intentional materials shape outdoor ...

When I heard that Arizona landscape architect Steve Martino is speaking at Modernism Week, I got all excited. In my humble opinion, Steve is one of the most innovative designers in the west and has ...

It seems as if I have always known of the Villa d‘Este, the celebrated Renaissance villa and adjoining gardens northeast of Rome, but until this spring I really didn’t know much about it. I was dimly ...

What is the difference between modern design and contemporary design? At face value, they seem to refer to the same thing — linguistically, they are synonyms of one another. However, in reference to ...

Questions of environment, ecology, and climate have never more intensely occupied the cultural zeitgeist. According to editors Christophe Girot and Dora Imhof of the ETH Zurich, as scarcity, ruin, and ...

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Groundswell: constructing the contemporary landscape, February 25-May 16, 2005, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, organized by Peter Reed, Curator, ...