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In the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a Visionary Landscape Architect Creates His Own Eden
Landscape architect Thomas Woltz has a enthusiasm for the clarity and proportion of Italian Renaissance architecture. That Woltz life in a gabled Queen Anne Victorian comes as an ironic shock, even to him. “Palladio did not use spindles and gingerbread,” he notes, dryly. But his residence, jointly with the backyard he has established there around the earlier two a long time, is a unified study in satisfying contrasts. The impact is at as soon as disciplined and spontaneous, respectful and irreverent. A lot like the person himself. Woltz purchased the dwelling, in a little Virginia city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in 1999. His restoration honors what…
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For La Prairie, 2021 Was Defined by the Beauty of Art Collaborations and a Sense of Blue
Clearly, La Prairie’s patronage of the arts is much more than skin-deep. In 2021, the luxury Swiss skincare brand supported a range of cultural initiatives; from New York and Miami to London and Switzerland, each was as memorable as the next. In May, when Frieze made its return to New York for the first time since 2019, La Prairie teamed up with Hong Kong and Berlin–based new media artist Carla Chan, whose practice explores the notion of time, inviting viewers to palpably witness and reflect on its passage. Her contemplative Frieze New York commission, Space Between The Light Glows, was inspired by the ever-changing sunlight during her recent stay at…
Beautiful Art Of Landscaping
