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The Garden and the Home

Garden Off Sunroom A beautiful landscape can enhance any architectural project. A talented landscape architect, landscape designer, or homeowner with a green thumb, makes any project we design more beautiful. That partnership works even better when it begins early in the design process. Architects spend a lot of time on the placement of a new home or addition in the landscape. Views, sun angle and orientation, prevailing winds, relationships to the approach and internal flow are all part [...]

By James Crisp|2023-02-11T18:59:11-05:00May 18th, 2018|Categories: Miscellaneous|Tags: garden, garden folly, garden home, garden structures|5 Comments

Berkshire Botanical Garden-Garden Folly

This winter, when it was hard to imagine spring flowers, we received a call from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Crisp Architects had been selected along with three other architects to design a folly titled ‘Gimme Shelter: Architects Design for Shade’. Proceeds of the exhibition and sale of the follies will benefit the garden and their many programs. We had a lot of fun with a variety of ideas then settled on a classic garden folly [...]

By James Crisp|2012-05-23T17:13:03-04:00April 18th, 2012|Categories: Accessory Buildings, Garages|Tags: Berkshire Botanical Garden, garden, garden folly, garden structures|2 Comments

Perfect Pergolas

I love pergolas. They give shade and add detail and interest to any structure, although I have to admit that there is no pergola which is perfect for all situations. We sometimes create free-standing pergolas, however most are connected to a home or out building. Materials for posts and beams can either match the larger structure or be completely different creating a contrast. If plants are allowed and encouraged to grow over the structure, care should be taken [...]

By James Crisp|2011-01-12T14:23:34-05:00January 7th, 2011|Categories: Additions, Miscellaneous|Tags: garden, garden entry, perfect pergola, pergola, shade, trellis|7 Comments

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