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New England Moves to Preserve a More Recent Heritage

New England Moves to Preserve a More Recent Heritage – NYTimes.com
- While their creations might seem out of place here, they match the ideals of Thoreau, said Alexander Gorlin, an architect whose book with the photographer Geoffrey Gross, “Tomorrow’s Houses: New England Modernism,” came out this year.
  
  Mr. Gorlin said the plain, functional style of modernism, meant to blend into the landscape, echoed Thoreau’s desire to live simply and in harmony with nature. Gropius, he added, was inspired by another early New England thinker, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Is either contemporary or traditional architecture inherently more suitable for rural landscape?

Brine home in Brine Garden

Fearing Climate Change’s Effects on the Adirondacks – NYTimes.com
By LISA W. FODERARO
A full moon rising over Osgood Pond near Paul Smiths, N.Y. More Photos »
- Mr. Jenkins, who is the author of the book “Climate Change in the Adirondacks: The Path to Sustainability,” spends much of his time on the water and in the woods, documenting the ecosystem with a notebook and a camera. He thus brings an unusual perspective to the scene. Where a casual observer might behold diversity and continuity, he projects decades into the future and finds absence and loss.

Piet Oudolf Where Ecology Meets Design | Ecology Global Network
by Fran Sorin
- Over the last decade, Piet Oudolf has become a ‘superstar’ in the gardening world. But few people have knowledge of the man who creates magnificent works of art. I was compelled to set up an interview with him exactly for that reason. I wanted to better understand his process, priorities, vision, response to his completed designs….in other words, Piet’s ‘gestalt’.
- Piet might like this autumnal detail in the Brine Garden.

Keep the Clean Water Act Strong – NYTimes.com
- When the act became law, two-thirds of our nation’s lakes, rivers and coastal waters were unsafe for fishing or swimming, and untreated sewage and industrial waste was routinely dumped into our waters.

Her message is as important today as when she wrote it.