オースティンにあるラグジュアリーな巨大な、春のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (庭への小道、日向、砂利舗装) の写真

This large expanse of lawn needed a major make over. Designer added many color full water wise shrubs, ornamental grasses and perennials. Took out 85% of existing lawn and added a new patio, steps, garden with grow boxes and strategic screens too. Designed for maximum enjoyment and preserving/enhancing their views while saving much water and maintenance. Rick Laughlin, APLD

A mix of xeric plants - a dramatic specimen Beaked yucca (Yucca rostrata), bamboo muhly grass, whale tongue agaves, and silver woolly stemodia. Photographer: Greg Thomas

In a suburb less than 3 miles from Manhattan an old house underwent a major facelift. I had a good fortune of being invited to participate on the garden design and installation. In the front a simple corten steel frame lifts an arrangement of Carex Pensilvanica, that will mature into a lawn that will not need mowing. Playful clusters of Boxwoods add structure and winter interest.

Strata Landscape Architecture Frank Paul Perez, Red Lily Studios
サンフランシスコにあるラグジュアリーな巨大な、秋のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (庭への小道、日向、砂利舗装) の写真

ヒューストンにあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、庭への小道、砂利舗装) の写真

オースティンにある広いモダ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、砂利舗装) の写真

バーミングハムにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (庭への小道、半日向、砂利舗装) の写真

Removed old concrete walkway. Installed a beautiful new walkway and redesigned the garden landscape. Created a very modern and beautiful walkway.
シカゴにあるお手頃価格の中くらいな、夏のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (庭への小道、日向、砂利舗装) の写真

マイアミにある中くらいな、春のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (庭への小道、半日向、砂利舗装) の写真

The clients courtyard was designed to work around the majestic live oak tree and its massive canopy. The fence is edged with Alphonse Karr Bamboo, and the elliptical bed at the foot of the tree showcase a mass planting of wood ferns. The courtyard houses an elongated ipe deck with floating wood and metal stairs. The ipe skirting offers an untraditional, but dynamic and distinct look.

他の地域にある夏のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな横庭 (庭への小道、日陰、砂利舗装) の写真

Cordell Drive Hollywood Hills modern home front entrance landscape design & foyer viewsentry
ロサンゼルスにある巨大なモダン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、砂利舗装) の写真

ロサンゼルスにある中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、庭への小道、日陰、砂利舗装) の写真

A local Houston art collector hired us to create a low maintenance, sophisticated, contemporary landscape design. She wanted her property to compliment her eclectic taste in architecture, outdoor sculpture, and modern art. Her house was built with a minimalist approach to decoration, emphasizing right angles and windows instead of architectural keynotes. The west wing of the house was only one story, while the east wing was two-story. The windows in both wings were larger than usual, so that visitors could see her art collection from the home’s exterior. Near one of the large rear windows, there was an abstract metal sculpture designed in the form of a spiral. When she initially contacted us, the surrounding property had only a few trees and indigenous grass as vegetation. This was actually a good beginning point with us, because it allowed us to develop a contemporary landscape design that featured a very linear, crisp look supportive of the home and its contents. We began by planting a garden around the large contemporary sculpture near the window. Landscape designers planted horsetail reed under windows, along the sides of the home, and around the corners. This vegetation is very resilient and hardy, and requires little trimming, weeding, or mulching. This helped unite the diverse elements of sculpture, contemporary architecture, and landscape design into a more fluid harmony that preserved the proportions of each unique element, but eliminated any tendency for the elements to clash with one another. We then added two stonework designs to the landscape surrounding the contemporary art collection and home. The first was a linear walkway we build from concrete pads purchased through a retail vendor as a cost-saving benefit to our client. We created this walkway to follow the perimeter of the home so that visitors could walk around the entire property and admire the outdoor sculptures and the collections of modern art visible through the windows. This was especially enjoyable at night, when the entire home was brightly lit from within. To add a touch of tranquility and quite repose to the stark right angles of the home and surrounding contemporary landscape, we designed a special seating area toward the northwest corner of the property. We wanted to create a sense of contemplation in this area, so we departed from the linear and angular designs of the surrounding landscape and established a theme of circular geometry. We laid down gravel as ground cover, then placed large, circular pads arranged like giant stepping stones that led up to a stone patio filled with chairs. The shape of the granite pads and the contours of the graveled area further complimented the spirals and turns in the outdoor metal sculpture, and balanced the entire contemporary landscape design with proportional geometric forms of lines, angles, and curves. This particular contemporary landscape design also has a sense of movement attached to it. All stonework leads to a destination of some sort. The linear pathway provides a guided tour around the home, garden, and modern art collection. The granite pathway stones create movement toward separate space where the entire experience of art, vegetation, and architecture can be viewed and experienced as a unity. Contemporary landscaping designs like create form out of feeling by using basic geometric forms and variations of forms. Sometimes very stark forms are used to create a sense of absolutism or contrast. At other times, forms are blended, or even distorted to suggest a sense of complex emotion, or a sense of multi-dimensional reality. The exact nature of the design is always highly subjective, and developed on a case-by-case basis with the client.

ベルリンにあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (庭への小道、半日向、砂利舗装) の写真

2-4 inch cobble added around our freshly laid Synthetic Lawn
他の地域にあるお手頃価格の中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな横庭 (ゼリスケープ、庭への小道、日向、砂利舗装) の写真

Embedded natural flagstone with a pervious paver patio along with fire pit and seating.
シアトルにある高級な小さな、夏のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな裏庭 (ゼリスケープ、庭への小道、半日向、砂利舗装) の写真

A great example of how a compact backyard can be turned into a beautiful outdoor haven. With a creative approach, this small space now boasts all the main features on the client's wish list: pergola, gas fire pit, water feature and covered patio area. The square, horizontal/vertical layout gives a modern feel, which is merges with its wooded surroundings thanks to a combination of wood, brick, stone and slate. The height of the pergola frames the landscape and creates a cosy atmosphere under the surrounding tall trees. Kristin Karch