(The landscape was designed by Sasaki, Walker and Associates).
The living pavilion was centered on a three-sided courtyard that frames views of the mature trees, expansive lawns (the landscape was designed by Zion & Breen, who did the sculpture garden at the Museum of Modern Art) and traditional stone walls beyond.
The landscape was designed and built by a team led by CDM Smith, including landscape architect Jack Sullivan, FASLA, and his students at the University of Maryland.
The landscaping was designed to conserve water, using shrubs and hardy plants like lavender and thyme, both wild aromatics, and a drip irrigation system.
The landscaping was designed by John Loomis, who headed the Burj Khalifa project.
The hedge and surrounding landscape was designed by William C. Coker, botany professor and creator of the campus arboretum.
To this end, the factors for evaluating urban landscapes are designed using fuzzy numbers.
"Most landscapes are designed to look good from the curb," she said, "but what you really want to do is create good views from inside".
The combination of all these factors affects how people see the landscape (bright, clear desert distances; soft, mysterious, changeable foggy landscapes), what they expect from design (shade from the sun, protection from the wind, shelter from rain and snow), and how gardens and landscapes are designed.
Lagoons and landscapes were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted; 65,000 exhibits in some 200 buildings displayed turbines, artworks and world cultures.
The Grimeses' home is clad in cedar to blend into the surrounding landscape and was designed to ensure high levels of energy efficiency and to benefit from solar heat gain through its large windows.
