Samantha MillerJun 17Week 2June 13: Scientific Name: Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ Common Name: Hakone grass, Japanese forest grass Family: Poaceae This award-winning...
Samantha MillerJun 10Week 1June 6: Scientific Name: Hosta 'Halcyon' Common Name: Plantain Lily Family: Asparagaceae Hotsa 'Halcyon' is one of those plants you just...
Samantha MillerMay 13Design With Nature - May 13, 2022What a day to end off on. Today we were privileged to tour three iconic homes; McIntyre II, Binning, and Eppich II, each with their own...
Samantha MillerMay 12Garages and Starchitects - May 12, 2022Arthur Erickson: the man, the myth, the legend. A starchitect before starchitects were cool. According to Raymond Mah of Leap Creative,...
Samantha MillerMay 11War and Indigeneity - May 11, 2022Today’s visit was an exciting exploration on preserving both artifacts and an architectural masterpiece. Touring the Museum of...
Samantha MillerMay 10Architecture Must Grow - May 10, 2022When I look back through my notebook, I find numerous pages worth of questions and notes, and bullet points starred as a reminder for...
Samantha MillerMay 10Matriarchal Appreciation - May 9, 2022While our field trips today aimed to highlight curated art and exemplary west coast modern design, there was also an underlying theme...
Samantha MillerMay 6What really is 'Indoor-Outdoor Living'? - May 6, 2022“What you really need is to find a house with true indoor-outdoor living,” said every luxury-real estate agent ever. The realtor pours...
Samantha MillerMay 5Expectations vs. Reality - May 5, 2022As a student who has had close to zero experience in the real world, our discussion today on the profession’s real-estate, legal and...
Samantha MillerMay 5Make Justice Visible - May 4, 2022Discrete, private, control, power. These are all words I think of when I try to characterize the spatial qualities of building typologies...
Samantha MillerMay 3What's in a Home? - May 3, 2022As a landscape architecture student, I have been focusing these past two days on trying to grasp the defining characteristics and...
Samantha MillerMay 2The Modernism Zeitgeist: Very Jewish and Very Antisemitic at the Same Time - May 2, 2022Before entering the MLA program, I attended the University of Manitoba and obtained a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree. In the...