Part 1: Managing Historic Landscapes & Gardens, with Calder Loth

Architectural historian Calder Loth presents a course about the management of historic buildings and their environments. This is Part 1 of a two-part course.
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This course is presented by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, a national nonprofit promoting the practice, understanding, and appreciation of classical design. To watch more online classes like this one, or to become a member and support our educational mission, visit www.classicist.org/ .
About the Course:
Using well-known historic places as case studies, this class will explore varying mindsets toward the relationship between traditional architecture and landscape. Before-and-after views will illustrate how numerous historic gardens and landscapes have received critical evaluation and treatment. The class will stress the importance of control in creating and maintaining appropriate historic effects. Many of the approaches discussed can apply to contemporary projects.
About the Instructor:
Calder Loth is Senior Architectural Historian for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and a member of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Advisory Council. He was the recipient of the 2010 ICAA Board of Directors Honor Award and the 2017 Virginia AIA Honor Award for significant contributions to the understanding of Virginia's built environment. He is the author of Congressional Resolution 259 honoring the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andrea Palladio, passed unanimously.
2020 Summer Studio Retrospective:
This course was presented as part of the 2020 Summer Studio Retrospective, a four-week series of daily online content inspired by the ICAA's Summer Studio in Classical Architecture program and the many students who have been impacted through its unique course of study. You can find additional programs in this series, and discover more of the ICAA's educational offerings, by visiting www.classicist.org/ .
Bunny Mellon Curricula:
Also presented as part of the Bunny Mellon Curricula at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. The ICAA is very grateful to the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation for its generous support of this program, along with the Curricula's Lead Co-Sponsor Edmund D. Hollander Landscape Architecture Design, Continuing Education and Public Programs Co-Sponsor Charlotte Moss, and Film Series Co-Sponsor Janice Parker Landscape Architects.

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I could listen to this guy talk all day long

[@ralphl7643]

Few commercial (or amateur) landscapers seem to plan well for the growth of plants. I remember walking under the boxwoods at Gunston Hall in the 70's, so I'm sad they're gone. I hope these old houses now have air conditioning, since they no longer have shade.

[@shivathecurious]

I love your Instagram page. I hope you keep creating and publishing more videos.

[@alanmunro5068]

Who did the painting shown on screen before the doc starts?

[@Eidridin]

So moral of the story is, lots of 18th century buildings do not compliment shrubs and trees. Often looks better with a lawn, and/or visually non intrusive gardens. Let 18th century buildings show off their architecture to imply wealth and power.

[@mansardmanor3869]

I respect your observation with your historical preservation. Permit me to point out the obvious. You feel the need to preserve & showcase the architectural presence This makes for a harsh visual appearance Grand Mansions requires balanced softscape in a larger scale further away from the structures, even stepped down tiers for the placement of said gardens Look at European gardens step down to frame the mansion in all it's glory

[@StrangerHappened]

*THE SOUND quality of those off-camera presentations are poor.* Somebody, please buy a good audio equipment for the professor.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Aborecideaphobia is a big problem where I live. Because of the huge wildfire-storms that have been occurring in recent years, regulations requiring removal of certain, non-native incendiary tree and shrub species have been put into effect. My property is surrounded by five others with these trees overhanging my property, almost touching the walks, where my home is a wooden Victorian cottage. Despite the new laws, these neighbors refuse to remove their forbidden trees, which make a fire-spreading chute along a creek that should be a natural fire break. We have lovely native fire-resistant trees that could be put in place of these ugly, dangerous exotic ones, but cutting down trees is practically considered an evil act here. About historic properties, they were nearly never designed to have plantings right up against the buildings, they cause obscure views from the interior and exterior; excessive shading, damp, mold and mildew; fires; littering of tree debris; and present structural risks to the buildings. Close and foundation plantings are a, not very sensible, 20th Century invention.