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Small farmhouse ceramic tile and beige floor great room photo in DC Metro with beige walls and no fireplace

Summit Ridge is a custom residence on Paris Mountain that reinterprets classic Southern architecture through a modern lens. Designed to harmonize with its wooded mountain setting, the home combines clean lines, refined materials, and enduring craftsmanship. This Paris Mountain custom home embraces its Greenville landscape, offering a sense of retreat, privacy, and balance between the natural and built environments.
The exterior features a refined mix of fieldstone, smooth siding, and vertical cedar accents, layered to achieve both warmth and contrast. A standing-seam metal roof, deep overhangs, and cypress porch ceilings emphasize the home’s strong horizontal lines while improving energy efficiency and protection from the elements. Custom aluminum-clad windows and doors bring in natural light and open the interior to expansive mountain views. Exposed steel brackets and precision detailing reveal the craftsmanship that defines Greenville-based CarsonSpeer Builders’ work, where structure and artistry coexist beautifully.

Borrow West Park | Exposed Aggregate
At Borrow West Park, Florida Bomanite’s exposed aggregate concrete contributes a natural, durable finish that complements the park’s landscape and outdoor setting.
The exposed stone creates visual texture and subtle color variation while providing a practical surface for pedestrian areas. Its understated appearance works well alongside planting, gathering spaces, and other site elements without competing with the overall design.
For this project, exposed aggregate helps create a cohesive transition between the built environment and the surrounding landscape, giving Borrow West Park a refined finish suited to everyday public use.
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At Borrow West Park, Florida Bomanite’s exposed aggregate concrete contributes a natural, durable finish that complements the park’s landscape and outdoor setting.
The exposed stone creates visual texture and subtle color variation while providing a practical surface for pedestrian areas. Its understated appearance works well alongside planting, gathering spaces, and other site elements without competing with the overall design.
For this project, exposed aggregate helps create a cohesive transition between the built environment and the surrounding landscape, giving Borrow West Park a refined finish suited to everyday public use.

Photography: © Stephen Kent Johnson / OTTO
LandFluent was brought onto this remarkable Beverly Hills project by Raymond Jungles, Inc. to provide expert Construction Administration services. Our primary role was to bridge the gap between Raymond Jungles’ design documents and the on-site construction team, ensuring that every detail of the original vision was accurately executed in the built environment.
A significant aspect of our work involved collaborating closely with the construction team on the selection, sourcing, and precise placement of each specimen tree and palm, ensuring their delivery, orientation, and integration seamlessly complemented the overall design. From the early stages of site preparation to the final touches of hardscape detailing and understory planting, we remained deeply engaged, overseeing the process with precision and care.
It was a privilege to work alongside such a talented team, contributing to a project where every element—from the foundational groundwork to the finest landscape details—was thoughtfully realized to create a truly exceptional space.
Scale
1.2 ACRES
Scope
HARDSCAPE + PLANTING DESIGN
Raymond Jungles, Inc. as Design Landscape Architect
LandFluent as local Landscape Architect
Year
2022
Press
Architectural Digest
Architecture
Studio William Hefner
Interior Design
Jamie Bush + Co.
Landscape Architecture (Design)
Raymond Jungles
Landscape Architecture (Local)
LandFluent
General Contractor
MG Partners
Landscape Contractor
Clark & White Landscape
Construction Management
Stonemark Construction Management
Specimen Tree & Palm Suppliers
Bob Everett & Calligari & Associates, LLC

At Gospel Gardens at Mary Queen of the Universe in Orlando, flowing concrete walkways create a calm rhythm through the landscape and devotional spaces. Warm textures and soft transitions keep the setting grounded and cohesive while complementing the surrounding architecture. Designed for everyday use, the surfaces provide durability, comfort, and a refined connection throughout the garden experience.

Summit Ridge is a custom residence on Paris Mountain that reinterprets classic Southern architecture through a modern lens. Designed to harmonize with its wooded mountain setting, the home combines clean lines, refined materials, and enduring craftsmanship. This Paris Mountain custom home embraces its Greenville landscape, offering a sense of retreat, privacy, and balance between the natural and built environments.
The exterior features a refined mix of fieldstone, smooth siding, and vertical cedar accents, layered to achieve both warmth and contrast. A standing-seam metal roof, deep overhangs, and cypress porch ceilings emphasize the home’s strong horizontal lines while improving energy efficiency and protection from the elements. Custom aluminum-clad windows and doors bring in natural light and open the interior to expansive mountain views. Exposed steel brackets and precision detailing reveal the craftsmanship that defines Greenville-based CarsonSpeer Builders’ work, where structure and artistry coexist beautifully.

Sponsored
Columbus, OH
Hope Restoration & General Contracting
Columbus Design-Build, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Historic Renovations

The lush elegance of the outdoor built environment is demonstrated int the perennial garden which abuts a woodland. Wild geranium, Moonbeam Coreopsis, Lavender, Russian Sage, and Anemone bloom around the bronze sculpture. The ground cover behind the stone retaining wall is Liriope and blooms at the end of the summer.

Earth inspired neutral colors expressed in basic materials with contrasting textures reinforce the connection of the natural and built environment. Nestled within the clean lines of the cabinetry lies a host of convenient storage items designed to make this kitchen a great place for cooking and entertaining.

Nature is thoroughly integrated into the built environment.
Photo by Mark Weinberg for Dirtworks PC
Home design - modern home design idea in New York
Home design - modern home design idea in New York

Creating a garden in Topanga involved an exciting contextual proposition: how best to achieve a balance between the built environment, the rocky hillside and the surrounding native live oak woodland.
Specially selected hardscape consisting of Malibu rock and rough-hewn broken concrete married old with new and provided access and definition. A mixed palette of natives and Mediterranean plants joined garden with existing oaks and toyon trees. The resulting effect is one of a layered experience, a transition from semiformal to natural. A visitor to this garden experiences both the feeling of a residential setting and the beckoning wildland beyond.

At Gospel Gardens at Mary Queen of the Universe in Orlando, flowing concrete walkways create a calm rhythm through the landscape and devotional spaces. Warm textures and soft transitions keep the setting grounded and cohesive while complementing the surrounding architecture. Designed for everyday use, the surfaces provide durability, comfort, and a refined connection throughout the garden experience.

Earth inspired neutral colors expressed in basic materials with contrasting textures reinforce the connection of the natural and built environment. Nestled within the clean lines of the cabinetry lies a host of convenient storage items designed to make this kitchen a great place for cooking and entertaining.

Sponsored
Sunbury, OH
J.Holderby - Renovations
Franklin County's Leading General Contractors - 2X Best of Houzz!

Creating a garden in Topanga involved an exciting contextual proposition: how best to achieve a balance between the built environment, the rocky hillside and the surrounding native live oak woodland.
Specially selected hardscape consisting of Malibu rock and rough-hewn broken concrete married old with new and provided access and definition. A mixed palette of natives and Mediterranean plants joined garden with existing oaks and toyon trees. The resulting effect is one of a layered experience, a transition from semiformal to natural. A visitor to this garden experiences both the feeling of a residential setting and the beckoning wildland beyond.

Dennis Jourdan
Example of a huge trendy backyard stone patio kitchen design with no cover
Example of a huge trendy backyard stone patio kitchen design with no cover

Design Scape Architects are one of Africa’s leading architecture firms. With a team of innovative Architects in Cape Town and Durban, we are able to work on exciting projects across the country.
As such, our nation’s rich architectural history and how it relates to the built environment informs our work. Certainly, we take pride in every project that we are a part of, offering unique and sustainable architectural solutions. We offer clients a full architectural service as we work and guide them through the process.

Situated on a large, picturesque lot surrounded by lush, mature trees, this project in Ann Arbor, MI, aimed to create a multi-generational home designed for family members of all ages to live harmoniously under one roof. Primary and secondary spaces were carefully planned and added to support the evolving needs of the household, creating separate wings in response to the different ages and lifestyles; Aging in place on the 1st floor, children and private office spaces on the 2nd floor to respond to the clients working from home.
Key modifications to the first-floor layout were made to alleviate congestion, support the concept of “aging in place” and improve circulation in high-traffic areas, ensuring comfort and ease of movement throughout the home.
The project included enlarging the existing garage, adding a new family room on the first floor, adding a new formal entry and mudroom, enlarging the living room, renovating the current 1st-floor en-suite for Aging in place, and adding a modern stair tower to the newly added 2nd-floor. The 2nd floor has 3 bedrooms, a home office and a fully new en-suite that accentuates the views from the backyard.
An abundance of expansive windows helps to blur the line between the natural and built environments, pulling in lots of natural light through the house. To help with the transformation from a traditional ranch to a modern 2-story, the roof line was designed as an abstraction of the original roof elements/slopes. The clients’ “new” home embodies both function and beauty, offering flexibility for future growth while creating a visually stunning composition of spaces.

Sponsored
Columbus, OH
Hope Restoration & General Contracting
Columbus Design-Build, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Historic Renovations

James Kruger, LandMark Photography
Interior Design: Martha O'Hara Interiors
Architect: Sharratt Design & Company
Inspiration for a large french country open concept and formal dark wood floor and brown floor living room remodel in Minneapolis with beige walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace
Inspiration for a large french country open concept and formal dark wood floor and brown floor living room remodel in Minneapolis with beige walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace

3 BU No 122 Small Truck with 2 inch stem casters
Photo Credit: Amy Gerber/Brown Eyes Plus Blue (www.browneyesplusblue.com)
Inspiration for a timeless u-shaped dedicated laundry room remodel in Boston with a drop-in sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white walls, a stacked washer/dryer and beige countertops
Inspiration for a timeless u-shaped dedicated laundry room remodel in Boston with a drop-in sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white walls, a stacked washer/dryer and beige countertops
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