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Example of a large beach style gray two-story wood exterior home design in Minneapolis with a shingle roof
Example of a large beach style gray two-story wood exterior home design in Minneapolis with a shingle roof
J Steven Kemp Architect
Mid-sized mountain style backyard rectangular and stone pool fountain photo in Atlanta
Min | Day Architects
Photo by Todd Hido
Small modern one-story exterior home idea in San Francisco with a shed roof
Small modern one-story exterior home idea in San Francisco with a shed roof
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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.
Edmunds Studios Photography, Inc.
Design: modernedgedesign.com
Photo: Edmunds Studios Photography
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary backyard concrete patio remodel in Milwaukee with a fire pit and a pergola
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary backyard concrete patio remodel in Milwaukee with a fire pit and a pergola
Josh Wynne Construction
Exposed cypress timber beams. Covered outdoor dining. Separate salt water pool and spa. Polished concrete coping. FSC Ipe deck. LEED Platinum home. Photos by Matt McCorteney.
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Columbus, OH
Klaus Roofing of Ohio
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Magleby Construction
Example of a huge farmhouse backyard concrete paver patio design in Salt Lake City with a pergola
Paradise Restored Landscaping & Exterior Design
Bamboo water feature, brick patio, fire pit, Japanese garden, Japanese Tea Hut, Japanese water feature, lattice, metal roof, outdoor bench, outdoor dining, fire pit, tree grows up through deck, firepit stools, paver patio, privacy screens, trellis, hardscape patio, Tigerwood Deck, wood beam, wood deck, privacy screens, bubbler water feature, paver walkway
Wade Design Architects
Inspiration for a cottage backyard patio remodel in San Francisco with a roof extension
Magleby Construction
Beautiful home in Salt Lake County. Photo Cred: Alan Blakely Photography.
Inspiration for a mid-sized country white two-story mixed siding exterior home remodel in Salt Lake City with a shingle roof
Inspiration for a mid-sized country white two-story mixed siding exterior home remodel in Salt Lake City with a shingle roof
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Columbus, OH
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Peabody Landscape Group
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Homer Oatman, AIA
Patio fountain - mediterranean courtyard tile patio fountain idea in Orange County with no cover
Kikuchi + Kankel Design Group
The homeowners desired an outdoor space that felt more rustic than their refined interior spaces, but still related architecturally to their house. Cement plaster support arbor columns provide enough of visual tie to the existing house exterior. Oversized wood beams and rafter members provide a unique outdoor atmosphere. Structural bolts and hardware were minimized for a cleaner appearance. Structural connections and supports were engineered to meet California's stringent earthquake standards.
Ali Atri Photography
CG&S Design-Build
photography by Andrea Calo
Inspiration for a huge transitional backyard patio container garden remodel in Austin with a gazebo
Inspiration for a huge transitional backyard patio container garden remodel in Austin with a gazebo
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Westerville, OH
Custom Home Works
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Photo by. Roger Williams, AIA
Example of an urban metal exterior home design in Austin
Example of an urban metal exterior home design in Austin
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