Paul Sangha
Landscape Artist
Paul Sangha Landscape Architecture
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andscape artist Paul Sangha's
world opened up beyond his own
backyard in Grade 10, when his
drafting teacher prodded the class
to move past mere drafting and into design.
"I started researching and was introduced to
Frank Lloyd Wright's work," he remembers.
"My world changed and I knew I had to be a
designer." Responsible for the understated
gardens that surround many a stately West
Point Grey home, Sangha approaches his
work like a painter, creating experience,
style and a sense of place through sweeping
"brush strokes." His canvas is all around
him, charged with the fluid movement that
only living plants, water and soil can impart.
Light, texture and the rhythm of nature allow
his work to mature to its full, transformative
potential – which means erasing any telltale
signs of his husbandry. "A good landscape," he
says, "looks like it has always been that way."
paulsangha.com
I was introduced to
Frank Lloyd
Wright's work.
My world
changed and I
knew I had to
be a designer
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