| Bonhill Residence Our longest ongoing project began with inspiration from Vita Sackville-West’s celebrated Sissinghurst gardens. From Sackville-West’s tower, one can see two parallel hedges in the Sissinghurst garden. The big idea for the Bonhill residence was to link the house and the garden, which is situated below the main residence, by a stair built with large chunks of stone that in the process cuts the sloped hillside into two parts. We created outdoor rooms that are bifurcated by two parallel hedges on either side of the path. At the very bottom there is an empty room and a full room. The full room has evolved into a sculpture garden with a Richard Long piece called Hollywood Circle, filled with head size boulders from the Four Corners, as well as a unique Michael Palladino folly that mixes wisteria and grapes. The empty room became a badminton lawn set next to an early Richard Serra corten-steel bar. It is a beautiful space because it is used and not just looked at. |
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