framing the garden view
Here are just a few more photos left over from my post yesterday on the Huntington’s recently-opened Chinese Garden.
I mentioned how there were many layers to the spaces there. The following are some of the doors and windows in the garden that help to frame the views and contribute to the sense of layering.
Leaf-shaped window near the Studio of Pure Scents.
Stacked portals of the Terrace of the Jade Mirror.
These last two windows in the outside wall, the Wall of the Colorful Clouds, are interesting in that they’re not perfect squares. The top, left and right sides form part of a square, but their bottom sides parallel the contours of rolling ground where the wall is sited. Even though you’re looking at an element in the human-created hardscape, this technique acknowledges the earth where the wall stands.
Yet to come: posts on the Huntington’s Japanese Garden, Conservatory and Desert Garden.
December 29 2009 | Categories: gardening • landscape design • places | Tags: Chinese gardens • garden walls • hardscape • Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens • views | 5 Comments »
