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David Scott Parker Architects Llc
Durston Saylor
Example of a large classic master light wood floor claw-foot bathtub design in New York with raised-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets and multicolored walls
Example of a large classic master light wood floor claw-foot bathtub design in New York with raised-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets and multicolored walls
Huge tuscan formal and enclosed travertine floor living room photo in Houston with beige walls, a standard fireplace and no tv
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
It started with vision. Then arrived fresh sight, seeing what was absent, seeing what was possible. Followed quickly by desire and creativity and know-how and communication and collaboration.
When the Ramsowers first called Exterior Worlds, all they had in mind was an outdoor fountain. About working with the Ramsowers, Jeff Halper, owner of Exterior Worlds says, “The Ramsowers had great vision. While they didn’t know exactly what they wanted, they did push us to create something special for them. I get inspired by my clients who are engaged and focused on design like they were. When you get that kind of inspiration and dialogue, you end up with a project like this one.”
For Exterior Worlds, our design process addressed two main features of the original space—the blank surface of the yard surrounded by looming architecture and plain fencing. With the yard, we dug out the center of it to create a one-foot drop in elevation in which to build a sunken pool. At one end, we installed a spa, lining it with a contrasting darker blue glass tile. Pedestals topped with urns anchor the pool and provide a place for spot color. Jets of water emerge from these pedestals. This moving water becomes a shield to block out urban noises and makes the scene lively. (And the children think it’s great fun to play in them.) On the side of the pool, another fountain, an illuminated basin built of limestone, brick and stainless steel, feeds the pool through three slots.
The pool is counterbalanced by a large plot of grass. What is inventive about this grassy area is its sub-structure. Before putting down the grass, we installed a French drain using grid pavers that pulls water away, an action that keeps the soil from compacting and the grass from suffocating. The entire sunken area is finished off with a border of ground cover that transitions the eye to the limestone walkway and the retaining wall, where we used the same reclaimed bricks found in architectural features of the house.
In the outer border along the fence line, we planted small trees that give the space scale and also hide some unsightly utility infrastructure. Boxwood and limestone gravel were embroidered into a parterre design to underscore the formal shape of the pool. Additionally, we planted a rose garden around the illuminated basin and a color garden for seasonal color at the far end of the yard across from the covered terrace.
To address the issue of the house’s prominence, we added a pergola to the main wing of the house. The pergola is made of solid aluminum, chosen for its durability, and painted black. The Ramsowers had used reclaimed ornamental iron around their front yard and so we replicated its pattern in the pergola’s design. “In making this design choice and also by using the reclaimed brick in the pool area, we wanted to honor the architecture of the house,” says Halper.
We continued the ornamental pattern by building an aluminum arbor and pool security fence along the covered terrace. The arbor’s supports gently curve out and away from the house. It, plus the pergola, extends the structural aspect of the house into the landscape. At the same time, it softens the hard edges of the house and unifies it with the yard. The softening effect is further enhanced by the wisteria vine that will eventually cover both the arbor and the pergola. From a practical standpoint, the pergola and arbor provide shade, especially when the vine becomes mature, a definite plus for the west-facing main house.
This newly-created space is an updated vision for a traditional garden that combines classic lines with the modern sensibility of innovative materials. The family is able to sit in the house or on the covered terrace and look out over the landscaping. To enjoy its pleasing form and practical function. To appreciate its cool, soothing palette, the blues of the water flowing into the greens of the garden with a judicious use of color. And accept its invitation to step out, step down, jump in, enjoy.
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Wellborn Inc.
Brick and Cast Stone Exterior
Example of a large classic two-story brick gable roof design in Dallas
Example of a large classic two-story brick gable roof design in Dallas
Inspiration for a large timeless dark wood floor dining room remodel in Kansas City with white walls and no fireplace
Randy Thueme Design Inc. - Landscape Architecture
Orange pot at bluestone terrace
Inspiration for a traditional backyard stone landscaping in San Francisco.
Inspiration for a traditional backyard stone landscaping in San Francisco.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
This shade arbor, located in The Woodlands, TX north of Houston, spans the entire length of the back yard. It combines a number of elements with custom structures that were constructed to emulate specific aspects of a Zen garden. The homeowner wanted a low-maintenance garden whose beauty could withstand the tough seasonal weather that strikes the area at various times of the year. He also desired a mood-altering aesthetic that would relax the senses and calm the mind. Most importantly, he wanted this meditative environment completely shielded from the outside world so he could find serenity in total privacy.
The most unique design element in this entire project is the roof of the shade arbor itself. It features a “negative space” leaf pattern that was designed in a software suite and cut out of the metal with a water jet cutter. Each form in the pattern is loosely suggestive of either a leaf, or a cluster of leaves.
These small, negative spaces cut from the metal are the source of the structure’ powerful visual and emotional impact. During the day, sunlight shines down and highlights columns, furniture, plantings, and gravel with a blend of dappling and shade that make you feel like you are sitting under the branches of a tree.
At night, the effects are even more brilliant. Skillfully concealed lights mounted on the trusses reflect off the steel in places, while in other places they penetrate the negative spaces, cascading brilliant patterns of ambient light down on vegetation, hardscape, and water alike.
The shade arbor shelters two gravel patios that are almost identical in space. The patio closest to the living room features a mini outdoor dining room, replete with tables and chairs. The patio is ornamented with a blend of ornamental grass, a small human figurine sculpture, and mid-level impact ground cover.
Gravel was chosen as the preferred hardscape material because of its Zen-like connotations. It is also remarkably soft to walk on, helping to set the mood for a relaxed afternoon in the dappled shade of gently filtered sunlight.
The second patio, spaced 15 feet away from the first, resides adjacent to the home at the opposite end of the shade arbor. Like its twin, it is also ornamented with ground cover borders, ornamental grasses, and a large urn identical to the first. Seating here is even more private and contemplative. Instead of a table and chairs, there is a large decorative concrete bench cut in the shape of a giant four-leaf clover.
Spanning the distance between these two patios, a bluestone walkway connects the two spaces. Along the way, its borders are punctuated in places by low-level ornamental grasses, a large flowering bush, another sculpture in the form of human faces, and foxtail ferns that spring up from a spread of river rock that punctuates the ends of the walkway.
The meditative quality of the shade arbor is reinforced by two special features. The first of these is a disappearing fountain that flows from the top of a large vertical stone embedded like a monolith in the other edges of the river rock. The drains and pumps to this fountain are carefully concealed underneath the covering of smooth stones, and the sound of the water is only barely perceptible, as if it is trying to force you to let go of your thoughts to hear it.
A large piece of core-10 steel, which is deliberately intended to rust quickly, rises up like an arced wall from behind the fountain stone. The dark color of the metal helps the casual viewer catch just a glimpse of light reflecting off the slow trickle of water that runs down the side of the stone into the river rock bed.
To complete the quiet moment that the shade arbor is intended to invoke, a thick wall of cypress trees rises up on all sides of the yard, completely shutting out the disturbances of the world with a comforting wall of living greenery that comforts the thoughts and emotions.
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Plan-it Earth Design
A tiny urban space packs a visual punch. Photo by Amy Whitworth, Installation by Jaylene Walter www.jwlic.com
Inspiration for a traditional courtyard raised garden bed in Portland.
Inspiration for a traditional courtyard raised garden bed in Portland.
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Anthony Ford Photography & Tourmax Real Estate Media
Mid-sized transitional dark wood floor entry hall photo in Dallas with gray walls
Mid-sized transitional dark wood floor entry hall photo in Dallas with gray walls
Design Focus International
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Inspiration for a large timeless backyard stone patio remodel in San Francisco with no cover
Inspiration for a large timeless backyard stone patio remodel in San Francisco with no cover
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A once forgotten side yard turns into a charming gravel garden
Martin Residence
Cardiff by the Sea, Ca
Design ideas for a small mediterranean side yard formal garden in San Diego.
Design ideas for a small mediterranean side yard formal garden in San Diego.
DabneyCollins
Sculpture garden with large urns and pyramidal boxwoods.
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addet madan Design
Inspiration for a large contemporary master medium tone wood floor and brown floor bedroom remodel in Los Angeles with white walls and no fireplace
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Design ideas for a contemporary backyard stone landscaping in San Francisco.
Richard P. Rauso, ASLA, Landscape Architects
Richard P. Rauso, ASLA
This is an example of a mid-sized traditional full sun backyard stone water fountain landscape in Other for summer.
This is an example of a mid-sized traditional full sun backyard stone water fountain landscape in Other for summer.
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Greenhaven Landscapes Inc.
Longshadow limestone planters welcome spring with blue hydrangea, white stock, purple pansies, and english ivy.
Hannah Goering Photography
This is an example of a large traditional full sun front yard stone flower bed in Chicago for spring.
This is an example of a large traditional full sun front yard stone flower bed in Chicago for spring.
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STUDIO
Formal entryway featuring black marble fountain, custom wood doors and extensive landscaping.
Entryway - french country entryway idea in Dallas
Entryway - french country entryway idea in Dallas
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