Merry, merry Christmas!

and Happy Holidays to you!!!

Best wishes,

Lauren

'Out and About' - Emanuel Landscape Architecture 1 yr. later

One of my first posts, when I began this blog in December 2009, featured some fantastic new structures and landscape architecture at Emanuel Hospital. 

New parking structure right of pathway - Dec. 2009

A new planting and an older parking structure - Dec. 2009

Currently, a new VERY TALL building is being erected at the end of this pathway with the west hills in the background.

Quite a different look, isn't it?

Some of the evergreen plantings look stressed but the grasses in their buff-cream winter color and bloom against the low, stone walls are lovely!

And... the rugged, yet smooth, mossy round stones and glass with grasses between are simple and gorgeous!

Neighborhood 'Out and About'

 On a recent neighborhood 'out and about', I stumbled across this doorway that stopped me in my tracks. The door surround appears to be made of wood and painted to look like rusty steel. 

 When I look up, I notice a cut out to allow light from the above fixture to shine down onto the door.

 The cutouts are incorporated into the doors design. Hmmmm...who works here? I'm looking around the building to find some sort of signage and then I notice a tiny Post-it to the left of the door 'Murase Associates'. Of course! Murase Associates is a well-known Portland-based Landscape Architecture firm.

 I like this flashing on the window sill at the sidewalk grade - very clean and functional!

 The industrial Portland view from the Murase Assoc. windows.

 ...caught my eye...

 Intersections...color, texture, city, nature...GORGEOUS!

still having technical difficulties...

to see photos meant to appear in last post please see link to entire Lilyvilla Gardens Fall newsletter and scroll down to page two.


www.lilyvillagardens.com/fall2010.pdf



Sorry for the little mishap!


L.