PUBLIC WORK’s inventive forms, thoughtful planting and precise detailing give Cherry House a landscape character of its own.
The landscape at Cherry House in Toronto gives you plenty to look at. PUBLIC WORK has been inventive with the forms and plant materials, and the attention to detail makes the completed design worth exploring.
What I like is how those choices work together. The planting contributes as much as the built elements, and the organic forms give the whole thing a clear structure without making it feel overly controlled.
Details matter in a project like this. A strong overall idea can lose something when it gets built. Here, that care carries through to the smaller decisions: the proportions, the relationships between materials, and how planting fits into the spaces.
I’m curious to see how it develops. As the plants fill out, some of those relationships will change. There’s only so much a drawing can predict, which is one of the pleasures of landscape design.
From a photography standpoint, there’s a lot to work with. The wider views explain the layout, but the smaller compositions hold my interest too. PUBLIC WORK has given Cherry House a landscape that rewards spending a little more time looking.
