The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s new short film series emphasizes the importance of collaboration between architects and landscape architects.

In the second installment of the series “Design Secrets with Ed Hollander,” produced by the ICAA, landscape architect Ed Hollander meets up with architect Peter Pennoyer to discuss their collaboration at Topping Farm, a breathtaking site that received the 2023 McKim, Mead & White award in Landscape Design. As they tour the property, Ed and Peter discuss the particulars of the design, including the masterplanning process, moving a historic building, and designing a new home that is sensitive to the site’s heritage and ecological importance, and perhaps most importantly they advocate for a collaboration between architecture and landscape that creates a “living architecture.”