Photo by Caitlin Atkinson
サンフランシスコにあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (階段) 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.

Marion Brenner
サンフランシスコにあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (階段) の写真

オースティンにある高級な小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭の通路 (傾斜地、コンクリート敷き 、金属フェンス) の写真

Beautiful stone path leading to the exterior service area.
クライストチャーチにある低価格の小さな、冬のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (ゼリスケープ、日陰、川石舗装、ウッドフェンス) の写真

Stair way using Landscape Ties and WAC step lights
サンフランシスコ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 (日向、砂利舗装) の写真

Succulents, grasses and low-water shrubs with vivid foliage give this coastal garden a rich, textured look with minimal maintenance. Photos by Daniel Bosler

Gorgeous modern landscape with clean lines and exquisite detail.
ダラスにあるラグジュアリーな中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな裏庭 (庭石、日陰、川石舗装、ウッドフェンス) の写真

Gravel is a great sustainable choice for a low maintenance garden.
ロンドンにあるお手頃価格の小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭の通路 (砂利舗装) の写真

Ornamental grasses mixed with a unique tree and mature aspens blend seamlessly in this stunning, modern front yard.
ソルトレイクシティにある広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (コンクリート敷き ) の写真

Bluestone steppers connect the concrete front walk to the breezeway between the house and garage.
ミルウォーキーにある高級な中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (半日向、天然石敷き) の写真

Gorgeous modern landscape with clean lines and exquisite detail.
ダラスにあるラグジュアリーな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、庭石、日向、川石舗装、ウッドフェンス) の写真

マドリードにある低価格の小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (日陰、砂利舗装) の写真

シアトルにある高級な中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (庭石、日向、天然石敷き) の写真

Ken Gutmaker, Photography
サンフランシスコにある中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな裏庭 (半日向、コンクリート敷き 、階段) の写真

デトロイトにある高級な広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (レンガ敷き) の写真

ロサンゼルスにあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (階段) の写真

ミネアポリス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 (天然石敷き) の写真

ニューヨークにあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (コンクリート敷き ) の写真