"No house should ever be on a hill or on anything.It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together, each the happier for the other."
- Frank Lloyd Wright
These essays examine how some artists have worked with nature as a resource for particular aesthetic endeavors. Artists with an orientation to environmental design have been interested in achieving particular formal aesthetic effects. However, in the 1980s and 1990s, artists, architects, designers, and civil engineers have explored ways to link art, aesthetics, ecology, and culture.
To explore ideas about environmental design, select one of the following artists:
| Artist | Artwork |
| Maya Lin | Vietnam Memorial |
| James Mason | La Grande Jatte Topiary Park |
| Paolo Soleri | Arcosanti |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | Taliesin East |