Amitzi Architects If the coping detail is handled correctly, there should be no rainwater spillage on the walls. However, the wall does weather over the years and gets a certain patina.
Modern. A couple of projects by Amitzi Architects of Israel embrace the tenets of modern architecture, or what is also referred to as the International Style, after the 1932 MoMA exhibition curated by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock of the same name. That exhibition articulated the ideals of modernism as a style, uniting buildings and architects across the globe through the articulation of volumes, walls and windows. House L does it so well it looks like it could have been made 70 years ago.
I think it's meant to be a planter or just cladding, but what if our outdoor kitchen were made with an ipe wood surround (under the kitchen window), and linked to bench seating along the wall under the dining nook windows?