Fifth Season LLC
This is an example of a contemporary mulch landscaping.

Also note the xeriscaping which, amidst so many other green features, eliminates all lawns. For more information and additional photos of this project, which we both designed and built, go to http://a1builders.ws/2013/04/green-home-among-the-trees/

Example of a minimalist pool design in Oklahoma City

Riptide Construction
Trendy stone pool photo in San Francisco

This is a home I built in 2013. This is a 2 bedroom bungalow with all the right finishes.
Mid-sized craftsman brown two-story wood gable roof idea with a shingle roof

Jim Bartsch Photography
Mid-sized asian u-shaped medium tone wood floor eat-in kitchen photo in Santa Barbara with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, medium tone wood cabinets, granite countertops, multicolored backsplash, stone tile backsplash, paneled appliances, white walls and an island

The front entry includes geometric colored concrete paving that compliments modern architecture, plantings of drought-tolerant ornamental bunch grasses and succulents, vertical elements to draw the eye upward (Photography by Peter Giles)

Klopf Architecture, Arterra Landscape Architects and Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Designed and built a new warm, modern, Eichler-inspired, open, indoor-outdoor home on a deeper-than-usual San Mateo Highlands property where an original Eichler house had burned to the ground. The owners wanted multi-generational living and larger spaces than the original home offered, but all parties agreed that the house should respect the neighborhood and blend in stylistically with the other Eichlers. At first the Klopf team considered re-using what little was left of the original home and expanding on it. But after discussions with the owner and builder, all parties agreed that the last few remaining elements of the house were not practical to re-use, so Klopf Architecture designed a new home that pushes the Eichler approach in new directions. One disadvantage of Eichler production homes is that the house designs were not optimized for each specific lot. A new custom home offered the team a chance to start over. In this case, a longer house that opens up sideways to the south fit the lot better than the original square-ish house that used to open to the rear (west). Accordingly, the Klopf team designed an L-shaped “bar” house with a large glass wall with large sliding glass doors that faces sideways instead of to the rear like a typical Eichler. This glass wall opens to a pool and landscaped yard designed by Arterra Landscape Architects. Driving by the house, one might assume at first glance it is an Eichler because of the horizontality, the overhanging flat roof eaves, the dark gray vertical siding, and orange solid panel front door, but the house is designed for the 21st Century and is not meant to be a “Likeler.” You won't see any posts and beams in this home. Instead, the ceiling decking is a western red cedar that covers over all the beams. Like Eichlers, this cedar runs continuously from inside to out, enhancing the indoor / outdoor feeling of the house, but unlike Eichlers it conceals a cavity for lighting, wiring, and insulation. Ceilings are higher, rooms are larger and more open, the master bathroom is light-filled and more generous, with a separate tub and shower and a separate toilet compartment, and there is plenty of storage. The garage even easily fits two of today's vehicles with room to spare. A massive 49-foot by 12-foot wall of glass and the continuity of materials from inside to outside enhance the inside-outside living concept, so the owners and their guests can flow freely from house to pool deck to BBQ to pool and back. During construction in the rough framing stage, Klopf thought the front of the house appeared too tall even though the house had looked right in the design renderings (probably because the house is uphill from the street). So Klopf Architecture paid the framer to change the roofline from how we had designed it to be lower along the front, allowing the home to blend in better with the neighborhood. One project goal was for people driving up the street to pass the home without immediately noticing there is an "imposter" on this lot, and making that change was essential to achieve that goal. This 2,606 square foot, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Eichler-inspired new house is located in San Mateo in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, Klara Kevane Landscape Architect: Arterra Landscape Architects Contractor: Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Photography ©2016 Mariko Reed Location: San Mateo, CA Year completed: 2016

This 1960 house was in need of updating from both design and performance standpoints, and the project turned into a comprehensive deep energy retrofit, with thorough airtightness and insulation, new space conditioning and energy-recovery-ventilation, triple glazed windows, and an interior of incredible elegance. While we maintained the foundation and overall massing, this is essentially a new house, well equipped for a new generation of use and enjoyment.

Inspiration for a craftsman backyard stone landscaping in Sacramento.

Aaron Leitz
Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional entryway remodel in Seattle

Example of a cottage home design design in San Francisco

Inspiration for a mid-sized craftsman white two-story concrete fiberboard house exterior remodel in Charlotte with a hip roof and a shingle roof

Kathryn Prideaux
Inspiration for a small modern brown one-story stucco flat roof remodel in Phoenix

Detail photograph by Phil Bell. The photo depicts the decorative exterior log columns with wood plugs. The chain is a rain chain that is connected to the home's gutter system and the natural sandstone boulder acts as a splash block.

Trendy courtyard ground level deck photo in San Diego with no cover

Inspiration for a large modern concrete floor and multicolored two-story mixed siding house exterior remodel with a light wood front door, a shed roof and a metal roof

Example of a mid-sized transitional gray two-story stucco exterior home design in Minneapolis with a hip roof