A view out of the window of the van one morning when the frost was still on the ground. Those are hedgerows on either side of the road, as in “If there’s a bustle in the hedgerow don’t be alarmed now, it’s just the spring clean for the May queen.”  (For those who aren’t Led Zeppelin fans check out “Stairway to Heaven.”)  Didn’t see any May queens, but was amazed to finally see a hedgerow.  It took a while to capture the feeling of the morning.  Our kind and wonderful driver Mota was helpful, suggesting moments where I might catch what we were all sensing in the morning light.  The English countryside around Winchester and Somerset was beautiful, and so open.  Without knowing fully what I’m writing about, it was clear this open land was not only loved but legally protected.  And as my father-in-law observed about Britain, there is open land, a town, open land, and very little evidence of sprawl, the endless continuous parade of houses and towns with very little differentiation between one and the other.   It struck me as one of the lessons learned by people who have lived on an island for hundreds of centuries.  Land is finite and to be valued.

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The Driehaus Prize

A Driehaus Prize winner is a designer whose versatility and critical spirit helped reshape American architecture.

Architect Robert Adam: A Place at the Table host Geoffrey Baer and the show’s production crew spent a week in the United Kingdom to explore the life and work of classical architect Robert Adam. They spoke with Adam’s friends, associates, and clients in London, Hampshire County, and Glasgow. They toured some of his stately buildings as well as a mixed development he designed near a historic village. And they spent time with Adam himself: at his firm, on the road, in his home, and around his work.