What a View!
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I got into design via Landscape Architecture, which I studied at the University of Virginia. I've been writing about design online for quite a few years over at Hatch: The Design Public Blog.
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Today I am suffering from one of the seven deadly sins: ENVY! I dream of a waterfront or mountain home where I can wake up to a breathtaking view right from my bed. Where I can shuffle downstairs in my slippers and take my cup of chicory coffee out onto the balcony and enjoy the morning. Where I can gather with friends and family and cocktails and watch the sunset. I'm not picky, I'll take a lovely farm, the countryside, a great urban view or the desert too!
The people who live in the homes photographed below are some serious lucky ducks, and I admit it, I'm jealous! If you have found any other homes with great views around Houzz, please let me know in the comments section. I started pulling so many pictures for this ideabook that I had to start a separate ideabook that I will share with you tomorrow.
The people who live in the homes photographed below are some serious lucky ducks, and I admit it, I'm jealous! If you have found any other homes with great views around Houzz, please let me know in the comments section. I started pulling so many pictures for this ideabook that I had to start a separate ideabook that I will share with you tomorrow.
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| Is this the perfect spot for an after-work glass of wine or what? I love that the excitement of the city expands between this deck and the water view. |
This Palo Alto estate has unbeatable views.
American Pastoral at its best.
by Marmol Radziner
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This desert view in Hidden Valley is nothing short of sublime.
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| Speaking of sublime, this view is not for those who are scared of heights. |
An all-the-way-through-the-house view. I love the twist on a barn vernacular controls the view from back to front here.
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| This is the view from the villa we rented in Tuscany. Heaven on earth! |
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| I love that this view is uninterrupted by window panes. The long horizontal lines of the architecture mimc the horizon itself. |
The view from this balcony feels like it's at the top of the treeline. Breathtaking!
More indoor/outdoor views from what I believe is the same house pictured above.
A perch in vineyard country.
This is a great example of how transitional spaces between indoors and out allow for maximum enjoyment of the view.
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| Sited in a field of wildflowers - what could be better? |
Ditto.
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| Reflection |
There's something so beautiful yet rugged about these Hamptons dunes.
Here's the perfect space to enjoy the view for three seasons...
| All homes with views like these should have this many windows! |
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| Ditto |
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Ditto.
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| No words necessary. |
I could get used to this...
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| ...or this... |
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| Axial design controls the view here. |
I don't think I could afford to even rent this joint for five minutes, but I'd like to try!
Infinity Pool + Infinity View
This reminds me a bit of the work of one of my favorite landscape architects, Thomas Church, author of "Gardens are for People."
I love that the more wild edge of this pool transitions from the built landscape to the view beyond it.
This could very well be the best spot for a covered porch EVER.
Oh I am so in love with bridges too...This might just be the ultimate patio to me.
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| Nestled in the trees in winter; I am not sure I'd ever be able to get out of bed in this house! |
Ideabook updated on Sept. 6, 2009.
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