Prospect and Refuge

Prospect and Refuge is a visual study of an isolated dwelling in a vast and sublime landscape. It illustrates a residential site construction composed of both the landscape and the architecture on a vast plain. The title of this drawing refers to Jay Appleton’s research into the perception of places of opportunity and safety in the landscape. In "The Poetry of Habitat," he suggests, "… the greatest satisfaction is to be had from the panorama - that wide, sweeping prospect which takes in a vision of a great tract of territory allowing the most comprehensive scope to the eye."