Vines now cascade down the stucco retaining wall from ipe-faced planters and irises fill in behind the water channel. Lilies and lotuses fill the upper and lower pools.

Living room - mid-sized contemporary formal and open concept light wood floor and brown floor living room idea in Cedar Rapids with beige walls, a ribbon fireplace, a wood fireplace surround and no tv

Tricia Shay Photography
Deck - mid-sized contemporary side yard deck idea in Milwaukee with decking, a roof extension and a fireplace

Inspiration for a coastal gray one-story wood gable roof remodel in Seattle with a metal roof

Our clients on this project were inspired by their travels to Asia and wanted to mimic this aesthetic at their DC property. We designed a water feature that effectively masks adjacent traffic noise and maintains a small footprint.

Large transitional black two-story house exterior idea in Atlanta with a clipped gable roof, a metal roof and a black roof

Builder: John Kraemer & Sons | Architect: Swan Architecture | Interiors: Katie Redpath Constable | Landscaping: Bechler Landscapes | Photography: Landmark Photography

Traditional two-story mixed siding exterior home idea in Toronto

Reclaimed, smooth oak flooring - hand sanded, wax finish - and reclaimed "hit and miss" barn siding by Wellborn + Wright. Photo Cred: Kip Dawkins Photography

Joe Fletcher Atop a ridge in the Santa Lucia mountains of Carmel, California, an oak tree stands elevated above the fog and wrapped at its base in this ranch retreat. The weekend home’s design grew around the 100-year-old Valley Oak to form a horseshoe-shaped house that gathers ridgeline views of Oak, Madrone, and Redwood groves at its exterior and nestles around the tree at its center. The home’s orientation offers both the shade of the oak canopy in the courtyard and the sun flowing into the great room at the house’s rear façades. This modern take on a traditional ranch home offers contemporary materials and landscaping to a classic typology. From the main entry in the courtyard, one enters the home’s great room and immediately experiences the dramatic westward views across the 70 foot pool at the house’s rear. In this expansive public area, programmatic needs flow and connect - from the kitchen, whose windows face the courtyard, to the dining room, whose doors slide seamlessly into walls to create an outdoor dining pavilion. The primary circulation axes flank the internal courtyard, anchoring the house to its site and heightening the sense of scale by extending views outward at each of the corridor’s ends. Guest suites, complete with private kitchen and living room, and the garage are housed in auxiliary wings connected to the main house by covered walkways. Building materials including pre-weathered corrugated steel cladding, buff limestone walls, and large aluminum apertures, and the interior palette of cedar-clad ceilings, oil-rubbed steel, and exposed concrete floors soften the modern aesthetics into a refined but rugged ranch home.

Jason Hartog Photography
Inspiration for a contemporary mixed siding exterior home remodel in Toronto

Inspiration for a contemporary metal exterior home remodel in Chicago

A view from the driveway highlighting the stone wall, crabapple trees and the entrance to the new farm. Photo Credit: Robert Benson
Inspiration for a large country red two-story mixed siding exterior home remodel in Boston

architecture by Gale Goff © Anthony Crisafulli 2014
Beach style pool house photo in Providence

Mid-sized arts and crafts gray wood exterior home photo in Miami with a mixed material roof

Drop-in bathtub - rustic master travertine tile drop-in bathtub idea in Sacramento

This house is discreetly tucked into its wooded site in the Mad River Valley near the Sugarbush Resort in Vermont. The soaring roof lines complement the slope of the land and open up views though large windows to a meadow planted with native wildflowers. The house was built with natural materials of cedar shingles, fir beams and native stone walls. These materials are complemented with innovative touches including concrete floors, composite exterior wall panels and exposed steel beams. The home is passively heated by the sun, aided by triple pane windows and super-insulated walls. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography

Jaine Beiles
Inspiration for a small country u-shaped light wood floor eat-in kitchen remodel in New York with a farmhouse sink, recessed-panel cabinets, green cabinets, marble countertops, white backsplash, stainless steel appliances and no island

Jessie Preza Photography
Large trendy multicolored two-story mixed siding house exterior photo in Jacksonville with a metal roof and a hip roof