Patio - 1950s tile patio idea in San Diego with a fireplace and no cover

photo credit: Karolina Buchner
Photo of a contemporary drought-tolerant front yard concrete paver garden path in San Francisco.

ORCO Block & Hardscape’s Gray Precision CMU was an aesthetic choice for this modern designed home.
Modern gray one-story concrete exterior home idea in Orange County

Studio / workshop shed - eclectic studio / workshop shed idea in Los Angeles

Paul Burk
1960s open concept living room photo in DC Metro

photographer: Will Crocker
Trendy beige two-story mixed siding gable roof photo in New Orleans

ORCO Block & Hardscape’s Gray Precision CMU was an aesthetic choice for this modern designed home.
Contemporary gray one-story concrete exterior home idea in Orange County

Mid-century modern one-story exterior home photo in Phoenix

Embracing the natural elements of this circa 1960’s Condo development in Stowe Vermont was a priority for our clients. We worked closely with a great design team and our clients to create this simple, but beautiful minimalist retreat. Our clients, both authors, wanted a place to withdraw from the endless distractions and fast pace rhythms of the city. Custom made cabinets, bookshelves and built ins helped off set the sandblasted CMU block walls and ground concrete floors. A beautiful handcrafted stairwell was a center piece connecting the three floors. A handcrafted integrated concrete sink in the master is was another testament to the mixed mediums used to create this space. We embraced exposed conduit and commercial grade light fixtures throughout which helped add to the overall minimalist feel of the space. There is a beautiful rawness to this project which everyone came to admire.

Based on a popular kids' game, this inspired room boasts a beautiful children's mural, fun window decals, and toys - all appropriate to the game. Photo by Johnny Stevens

Trendy exterior home photo in Houston

Mark Menjivar
Inspiration for a contemporary screened-in porch remodel in Austin

An addition to an existing home in beautiful Pasadena allowed for a larger dining room, kitchen and living area. We opened up the interiors with large La-Cantina doors.

Patio Area Paul Bartholomew
Inspiration for a contemporary backyard patio remodel in Philadelphia with a pergola and a fireplace

This is an example of a landscaping in Los Angeles.

Located steps from the waterways of Huntington Harbor, California, Phelps Residence is a remodel of a regional mid-century house, developed in the 1960s along with the rest of the Harbor neighborhood. The goal of the renovation was to honor the mid-century bones of the existing structure featuring full-height windows and open beam ceilings while infusing new life and detail via a ground-up renovation. The volume of the house is a two-story stucco façade structure with vertical cedar and black metal accents. The wall-to-wall, full-height sliding doors create an indoor-outdoor experience by extending the front yard fire pit and seating area through the living room to the backyard swimming pool and cabana beyond. The climate of the Harbor provides an ideal environment to open the space up to the yards year-round, thereby expanding the footprint of the house and allowing for an uninterrupted flow between rooms and indoor and outdoor areas. The entry foyer features a steel and terrazzo sculptural stair in a recessed bed of river rock. The lower level’s large-scale terrazzo tiles seamlessly join the living room, dining room, and kitchen. The upper level is reserved for the private bedrooms and a more intimate family room. Hardwood floors flow throughout while large-scale windows seek to capture the unique views offered from each room. Stack bond CMU garden walls in the front yard define the entry sequence, honoring the mid-century history of the residence.

This “Arizona Inspired” home draws on some of the couples’ favorite desert inspirations. The architecture honors the Wrightian design of The Arizona Biltmore, the courtyard raised planter beds feature labeled specimen cactus in the style of the Desert Botanical Gardens, and the expansive backyard offers a resort-style pool and cabana with plenty of entertainment space. Additional focal areas of landscape design include an outdoor living room in the front courtyard with custom steel fire trough, a shallow negative-edge fountain, and a rare “nurse tree” that was salvaged from a nearby site, sits in the corner of the courtyard – a unique conversation starter. The wash that runs on either side of the museum-glass hallway is filled with aloes, agaves and cactus. On the far end of the lot, a fire pit surrounded by desert planting offers stunning views both day and night of the Praying Monk rock formation on Camelback Mountain. Project Details: Landscape Architect: Greey|Pickett Architect: Higgins Architects Builder: GM Hunt Builders Landscape Contractor: Benhart Landscaping Interior Designer: Kitchell Brusnighan Interior Design Photography: Ian Denker

Large mountain style brown three-story wood gable roof photo in Denver

Jim Brady, Architectural Photography
Tuscan backyard stone patio fountain photo in San Diego with a pergola