tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post1533428847305974319..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: SettingsBluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-8546645832318817382013-10-08T17:35:54.947-04:002013-10-08T17:35:54.947-04:00Hi, I have The Architecture of Happiness awaiting ...Hi, I have The Architecture of Happiness awaiting me as well, but on the virtual pile on my Nook. Knowing I have books that I am looking forward to reading is bliss. Hopefully design is trending ever upward, but it will be interesting, now that garden rooms have become mainstream, to see where garden design is heading. Nice post! N.G.Virginia Country Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291355605808113627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-63044835373224765922013-10-02T15:54:10.203-04:002013-10-02T15:54:10.203-04:00I love the idea of architecture generating happine...I love the idea of architecture generating happiness... it's amazing how spaces affect our experiences. I think the flattening of out/inside is great... that's how I feel about a lot of urban landscaping. You feel indoors with all of the architecture around you with the sky and the flora still.Juliane at Modern Muralhttp://www.modernmural.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-38465543334621364212013-09-24T12:46:00.440-04:002013-09-24T12:46:00.440-04:00I visited the Highline this summer. The concept is...I visited the Highline this summer. The concept is interesting but it was strange to be routed (herded?) through the city with so many people that the planting is difficult to appreciate. Victim of its success, maybe- but still there is something to reconsider to be freed from a certain feeling of claustrophobia. gésbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094108253356167918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-39984848063932443372013-09-20T15:07:20.994-04:002013-09-20T15:07:20.994-04:00"subdivision to subdivision, lawn after lawn,..."subdivision to subdivision, lawn after lawn, bereft of shade and peopled with "cement" replicas of geese, goddesses, urns and, occasionally, the holy family."<br /><br />And may I add, gnomes, miniature lighthouses and flamingos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-66680692680369642232013-09-20T10:11:53.197-04:002013-09-20T10:11:53.197-04:00I myself was at the PSB concert last night, I hope...I myself was at the PSB concert last night, I hope the Celt enjoyed 1/2 as much as I! Like you I enjoy gardens but not gardening and have a number of books on the subject (despite being an avowed apartment dweller). I think follies capture the imagination more than any other building type and as you say are typically set in the most beautiful locations.<br />I'm always wary of being influenced by trends and I wonder how something such as 'outside rooms' can be a trend when it is so universal. They bridge hemispheres, cultures, and many different styles of gardens. I'm probably just missing your point though!<br />ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-13918547836582003492013-09-20T09:05:51.261-04:002013-09-20T09:05:51.261-04:00Arabella Lennox-Boyd designed for Queen Paola, who...Arabella Lennox-Boyd designed for Queen Paola, whose husband, the former King Albert II is still alive. But his mother, the Spanish born Queen Fabiola, is also still alive and therefore she is the dowager queen. It's rather confusing having three queens extant, (I know, I know...), but only the continentals seem to do that in the Flanders region, unlike our monarchy.<br /><br />I agree with your preference for chiaroscuro in gardens, and am in love with the effect created from hedging. It's very simple, but I do find it incredibly attractive.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-58194808629243814762013-09-19T19:42:28.409-04:002013-09-19T19:42:28.409-04:00I enjoyed this very much and feel no suspense for ...I enjoyed this very much and feel no suspense for what Alain de Botton can tell you. I do feel a dissipation, or collapse, in the vigor of your argument as you confront, at the end, the effect of fashion. I do not think you are addressing the problem "with" fashion, but the problem of it, above which you had stood in this essay before this concession. Your citation of the Philip Johnson House in New Canaan was as appropriate as any reference I've seen given to it; and I would keep the spirits of this argument up there, and let the chips fall where they may. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.com