house, designed by Cottam Hargrave, is a glass box that is accessed through an opening in a concrete wall. While it's a freestanding wall, not a retaining wall, the concrete surface acts as a backdrop for much of the house.
makes this design a winner: 1. silhouetted plants against the perimeter wall; 2. uplighting for evening drama; 3. a flame source (fire pit); and 4. the continual ground plane in the form of decomposed granite. Depending on where you live, the floor of a side courtyard could be poured concrete, concrete pavers
master bedroom. A waterfalls is recessed to the left of the bedroom doors and stepping stones provide access across from the living room. The bedroom doors swing open right to the edge of the pool.
Hal Lum
Idea of how pool can go into courtyard
1st floor master idea
My bedroom to the pool
Bedroom door to pool
Access from bedroom...to the bedroom...pool near bedroom