フィラデルフィアにある広い、冬のアジアンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (半日向、砂利舗装) の写真

After removing an outdated circle drive and overgrown plantings, our team reconfigured the drive and installed a full-range color bluestone walk to clearly emphasize the main door over the side entry.

A stone address marker and bluestone steppers lead you from the driveway entrance to the front walk. Westhauser Photography
ミルウォーキーにあるお手頃価格の中くらいな、夏のアジアンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、庭への小道、日向、天然石敷き) の写真

View of house from beach. Scott Lankford, Landscape Architect. From the street, a round rock pathway leads to a small seating area next to the water with a small fire pit. Low maintenance, drought resistant and salt tolerant plantings were used in mass and clumps. This garden has become the focus of the neighborhood with many visitors stopping and enjoying what has become a neighborhood landmarkArchitect.

IPE wood at installation has the redder color.
サンフランシスコにある中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、庭への小道、半日向、天然石敷き) の写真

サンディエゴにあるラグジュアリーな広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな庭 (ゼリスケープ、日向、砂利舗装) の写真

フェニックスにある中くらいなサンタフェスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、砂利舗装) の写真

What an approach! A combination of European sandstone, reclaimed curbing and Belgian Porphyry squares create one stunning and functional driveway, built to last a lifetime.

ミネアポリスにある中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (擁壁、天然石敷き) の写真

Heavy lattice panels provide an attractive screen for neighbors on both sides. Clematis armandii and honeysuckle vines will eventually cover the lattice. Photo: Urban Habitats Landscape Studio

This modern landscape features a minimal planting schematic featuring Agave Americana and Dwarf Sabal Palmetto. The plantings, while simple, are refined and sophisticated, echoing the architecture of this classic modern home. The backyard features a large covered terrace, outdoor kitchen, and negative edge swimming pool.

Newly built house needed a landscape. So from dirt sprang a usable backyard with a firepit, barbeque, retaining walls, and lawn area for the dog.
ロサンゼルスにある高級な中くらいな、夏のコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、砂利舗装、庭への小道、半日向) の写真

Front yard gardening can be fun and functional! Add edibles into the mix, and enjoy nibbling your way through your yard!
ミネアポリスにある夏のヴィクトリアン調のおしゃれな前庭 (天然石敷き) の写真

The design for this residence combines contemporary and traditional styles, and includes stairs and a curving drive to provide a warm welcome to the home. A comfortable bluestone terrace and patio provide elegant outdoor entertaining spaces. Photo by Greg Premru.

The problem this Memorial-Houston homeowner faced was that her sumptuous contemporary home, an austere series of interconnected cubes of various sizes constructed from white stucco, black steel and glass, did not have the proper landscaping frame. It was out of scale. Imagine Robert Motherwell's "Black on White" painting without the Museum of Fine Arts-Houston's generous expanse of white walls surrounding it. It would still be magnificent but somehow...off. Intuitively, the homeowner realized this issue and started interviewing landscape designers. After talking to about 15 different designers, she finally went with one, only to be disappointed with the results. From the across-the-street neighbor, she was then introduced to Exterior Worlds and she hired us to correct the newly-created problems and more fully realize her hopes for the grounds. "It's not unusual for us to come in and deal with a mess. Sometimes a homeowner gets overwhelmed with managing everything. Other times it is like this project where the design misses the mark. Regardless, it is really important to listen for what a prospect or client means and not just what they say," says Jeff Halper, owner of Exterior Worlds. Since the sheer size of the house is so dominating, Exterior Worlds' overall job was to bring the garden up to scale to match the house. Likewise, it was important to stretch the house into the landscape, thereby softening some of its severity. The concept we devised entailed creating an interplay between the landscape and the house by astute placement of the black-and-white colors of the house into the yard using different materials and textures. Strategic plantings of greenery increased the interest, density, height and function of the design. First we installed a pathway of crushed white marble around the perimeter of the house, the white of the path in homage to the house’s white facade. At various intervals, 3/8-inch steel-plated metal strips, painted black to echo the bones of the house, were embedded and crisscrossed in the pathway to turn it into a loose maze. Along this metal bunting, we planted succulents whose other-worldly shapes and mild coloration juxtaposed nicely against the hard-edged steel. These plantings included Gulf Coast muhly, a native grass that produces a pink-purple plume when it blooms in the fall. A side benefit to the use of these plants is that they are low maintenance and hardy in Houston’s summertime heat. Next we brought in trees for scale. Without them, the impressive architecture becomes imposing. We placed them along the front at either corner of the house. For the left side, we found a multi-trunk live oak in a field, transported it to the property and placed it in a custom-made square of the crushed marble at a slight distance from the house. On the right side where the house makes a 90-degree alcove, we planted a mature mesquite tree. To finish off the front entry, we fashioned the black steel into large squares and planted grass to create islands of green, or giant lawn stepping pads. We echoed this look in the back off the master suite by turning concrete pads of black-stained concrete into stepping pads. We kept the foundational plantings of Japanese yews which add green, earthy mass, something the stark architecture needs for further balance. We contoured Japanese boxwoods into small spheres to enhance the play between shapes and textures. In the large, white planters at the front entrance, we repeated the plantings of succulents and Gulf Coast muhly to reinforce symmetry. Then we built an additional planter in the back out of the black metal, filled it with the crushed white marble and planted a Texas vitex, another hardy choice that adds a touch of color with its purple blooms. To finish off the landscaping, we needed to address the ravine behind the house. We built a retaining wall to contain erosion. Aesthetically, we crafted it so that the wall has a sharp upper edge, a modern motif right where the landscape meets the land.

A sequence of new fencing at the entry creates a sense of privacy from a busy street. Photo by Cleary O'Farrell
シアトルにあるコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (砂利舗装) の写真

The year-round front garden was designed to be welcoming and reflect the informal nature of the residents and to soften the lines of the raised foundation planter. Photo by Ralph Mercer (ralphmercer.com)

他の地域にある中くらいな、夏のトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (半日向、天然石敷き) の写真

Bighorn Palm Desert luxury modern home exterior landscape design. Photo by William MacCollum.
ロサンゼルスにある広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (ゼリスケープ、日向、砂利舗装) の写真