Tony Milne on How 'The Past Forms the Future' for Abode Magazine
Jan 16, 2023
Tony Milne from RMM Landscape Architects mulls over the reasons for the recent surge in popularity of Scandinavian minimalism and architectural simplicity in landscape design.
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'Near the turn of the century, I recall designing groves of lancewoods with sand coprosma underneath. Minimal and simple. The lancewood skinny and upright, distinct in both its juvenile and mature form, robust, interesting, liked and disliked. The sand coprosma, scrambling, sprawling and hummocky with its interlacing branches forming big, ugly cushions. At the time I thought I was clever, innovative and aspirational.'
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Read the full article here.
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'Near the turn of the century, I recall designing groves of lancewoods with sand coprosma underneath. Minimal and simple. The lancewood skinny and upright, distinct in both its juvenile and mature form, robust, interesting, liked and disliked. The sand coprosma, scrambling, sprawling and hummocky with its interlacing branches forming big, ugly cushions. At the time I thought I was clever, innovative and aspirational.'
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Read the full article here.
