March 2007 – The Whispering Crane Institute

An Award Winner

A job I designed a couple of years ago for Enviroscapes, Inc. of Louisville, Ohio was designated the Honors winner in a commercial design category by the OLA, Ohio Landscapers Association. Enviroscapes also won a maintenance award for this project. I remember very specifically being asked to create a Japanese feel to this landscape. The… Continue reading An Award Winner

That’s some pretty high grass.

[courtesy of the Fudgefactory]

Pergola Drawing early Conceptual (5)

By now those of you who’ve been following this job (haven’t been? please read previous 4 post) know that the pergola idea is long gone. Replacing that idea . . . some sort of ruins or a folly. Patrick McAfee gave a great perspective from a European (Ireland, is he) point of view in a… Continue reading Pergola Drawing early Conceptual (5)

Pergola Drawing early Conceptual (4)

For you really bright observers you can see the rendering below is not a pergola, this is the replacement for the pergola. As mentioned in previous post this week the thought was pergola for the large open area but that idea was blown quickly out of the water. The owner wanted nothing to do with… Continue reading Pergola Drawing early Conceptual (4)

Pergola Drawing early Conceptual (3)

[This pergola rendering was shown to the client] He didn’t like it. Not even a little. This was shot down faster than Ann Coulter would have been at a moveon(dot)org party. However there is a ray of hope for that big flat space. Ruins, yep ruins . . . . working on that drawing as… Continue reading Pergola Drawing early Conceptual (3)

Pergola Drawing early Conceptual (2)

[This was 1st sketch for site] I drew this before yesterday’s posted drawing. I like to work really rough, really fast trying to get a feel for how elements would play out in the given space. By the way; a drawing like this is not something I am doing to show a client-this drawing style… Continue reading Pergola Drawing early Conceptual (2)

Pergola Drawing early Conceptual

[This early conceptual is on trace over another conceptual with photo below] A quick pencil study of a pergola this view is looking into the end. The goal here was to find something that was aesthetically pleasing and at the same time hold the space. The space is 50×300 but we are looking at end… Continue reading Pergola Drawing early Conceptual

When your Client Wants Everything

The interview with a client is a very understated part of the design process. Here is our chance to really get into the mind of the client a chance to find out not only what they need, and what they really want in their landscape. How is this part of the design process is so… Continue reading When your Client Wants Everything

An Appreciation of Stone (25)

This weeks stone comes from a waterfall I built a couple of years ago in Omaha, Nebraska for a photography studio. The stone is typical Colorado fieldstone. To give you an idea of scale the falls is very close to 7.0ft high. and that’s about 3.0ft across the top. The double falls starts with 2… Continue reading An Appreciation of Stone (25)