Contemporary Patio Ideas and Designs

Back Yard Patio
Back Yard Patio
brett zamore designbrett zamore design
Brett Zamore Design
Contemporary back patio in Houston with concrete paving, a pergola and a bbq area.
Rembrandt Residence
Rembrandt Residence
LaCantina DoorsLaCantina Doors
Design: Abodwell Interior Design | Photographer: Dennis Owen — in Laguna Beach, CA.
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary back patio in Orange County with no cover and tiled flooring.
pyle
pyle
Workshop11Workshop11
Photos By Shawn Lortie Photography
Large contemporary back patio in DC Metro with a fire feature, concrete paving and a roof extension.
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Before and After
Before and After
Jane EllisonJane Ellison
Stuart Lirette Jane uses outdoor fabric pillows to repeat the colors of the garden. Each season has its own colors. Come on down and have a seat before the metal fire pit when it gets cool from the winds off the San Francisco Bay.
Birchgrove - Tiny Courtyard
Birchgrove - Tiny Courtyard
OUTHOUSE designOUTHOUSE design
Photos by Katrine Mardini
Photo of a small contemporary courtyard patio in Sydney with a living wall.
Northaven
Northaven
TATUM BROWN CUSTOM HOMESTATUM BROWN CUSTOM HOMES
Tatum Brown Custom Homes {Photo Credit: Danny Piassick} {Interior Design: Robyn Menter Design Associates} {Architectural credit: Mark Hoesterey of Stocker Hoesterey Montenegro Architects}
Serota Home (For South Bay Magazine HOME Edition
Serota Home (For South Bay Magazine HOME Edition
JDS OUTDOOR DESIGNSJDS OUTDOOR DESIGNS
Dominik Wroblewski
Design ideas for a contemporary patio in Los Angeles with decking and a pergola.
West Hollywood Refresher
West Hollywood Refresher
Valle de VerdeValle de Verde
The guiding concept was to create a sense of place that balances the theatrical with feelings of serenity, joy, and retreat from the sprawling city. Low maintenance elements such as concrete pavers, ipe, gravel, Agaves, Fortnight Lillies, Ornamental Plums, and Cape Rush are sympathetic to the demands of the client's busy schedule. Photo by Eric Brandon Gomez
Contemporary Patio
Contemporary Patio
Contemporary patio in San Diego with a fire feature, concrete slabs and no cover.
Pool house
Pool house
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignExterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
We were contacted by a family named Pesek who lived near Memorial Drive on the West side of Houston. They lived in a stately home built in the late 1950’s. Many years back, they had contracted a local pool company to install an old lagoon-style pool, which they had since grown tired of. When they initially called us, they wanted to know if we could build them an outdoor room at the far end of the swimming pool. We scheduled a free consultation at a time convenient to them, and we drove out to their residence to take a look at the property. After a quick survey of the back yard, rear of the home, and the swimming pool, we determined that building an outdoor room as an addition to their existing landscaping design would not bring them the results they expected. The pool was visibly dated with an early “70’s” look, which not only clashed with the late 50’s style of home architecture, but guaranteed an even greater clash with any modern-style outdoor room we constructed. Luckily for the Peseks, we offered an even better landscaping plan than the one they had hoped for. We proposed the construction of a new outdoor room and an entirely new swimming pool. Both of these new structures would be built around the classical geometry of proportional right angles. This would allow a very modern design to compliment an older home, because basic geometric patterns are universal in many architectural designs used throughout history. In this case, both the swimming pool and the outdoor rooms were designed as interrelated quadrilateral forms with proportional right angles that created the illusion of lengthened distance and a sense of Classical elegance. This proved a perfect complement to a house that had originally been built as a symbolic emblem of a simpler, more rugged and absolute era. Though reminiscent of classical design and complimentary to the conservative design of the home, the interior of the outdoor room was ultra-modern in its array of comfort and convenience. The Peseks felt this would be a great place to hold birthday parties for their child. With this new outdoor room, the Peseks could take the party outside at any time of day or night, and at any time of year. We also built the structure to be fully functional as an outdoor kitchen as well as an outdoor entertainment area. There was a smoker, a refrigerator, an ice maker, and a water heater—all intended to eliminate any need to return to the house once the party began. Seating and entertainment systems were also added to provide state of the art fun for adults and children alike. We installed a flat-screen plasma TV, and we wired it for cable. The swimming pool was built between the outdoor room and the rear entrance to the house. We got rid of the old lagoon-pool design which geometrically clashed with the right angles of the house and outdoor room. We then had a completely new pool built, in the shape of a rectangle, with a rather innovative coping design. We showcased the pool with a coping that rose perpendicular to the ground out of the stone patio surface. This reinforced our blend of contemporary look with classical right angles. We saved the client an enormous amount of money on travertine by setting the coping so that it does not overhang with the tile. Because the ground between the house and the outdoor room gradually dropped in grade, we used the natural slope of the ground to create another perpendicular right angle at the end of the pool. Here, we installed a waterfall which spilled over into a heated spa. Although the spa was fed from within itself, it was built to look as though water was coming from within the pool. The ultimate result of all of this is a new sense of visual “ebb and flow,” so to speak. When Mr. Pesek sits in his couch facing his house, the earth appears to rise up first into an illuminated pool which leads the way up the steps to his home. When he sits in his spa facing the other direction, the earth rises up like a doorway to his outdoor room, where he can comfortably relax in the water while he watches TV. For more the 20 years Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston's fine neighborhoods.
Iredell Residence
Iredell Residence
MTLA- Mark Tessier Landscape ArchitectureMTLA- Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture
Design ideas for a contemporary patio in Los Angeles with a fire feature.
Farmhouse Addition
Farmhouse Addition
Wyant ArchitectureWyant Architecture
The footprint of the addition functions with the existing house and adjacent guest cottage to capture space around a new patio. A glass ribbon, weaving through the copper and stone facade, becomes a connector between old and new, top and bottom, inside and outside. A second floor deck is carved out of the copper 'fore-bay’ and is covered with a glass skylight that empties via chain downspouts to river rock drainage beds below. Photography: Jeffrey Totaro
Roseville Pavilion
Roseville Pavilion
Michelle Walker architectsMichelle Walker architects
The Pavilion is a contemporary outdoor living addition to a Federation house in Roseville, NSW. The existing house sits on a 1550sqm block of land and is a substantial renovated two storey family home. The 900sqm north facing rear yard slopes gently down from the back of the house and is framed by mature deciduous trees. The client wanted to create something special “out the back”, to replace an old timber pergola and update the pebblecrete pool, surrounded by uneven brick paving and tubular pool fencing. After years living in Asia, the client’s vision was for a year round, comfortable outdoor living space; shaded from the hot Australian sun, protected from the rain, and warmed by an outdoor fireplace and heaters during the cooler Sydney months. The result is large outdoor living room, which provides generous space for year round outdoor living and entertaining and connects the house to both the pool and the deep back yard. The Pavilion at Roseville is a new in-between space, blurring the distinction between inside and out. It celebrates the contemporary culture of outdoor living, gathering friends & family outside, around the bbq, pool and hearth.
Greenwich Village Townhouse
Greenwich Village Townhouse
The Turett CollaborativeThe Turett Collaborative
The new owners of this West Village Manhattan townhouse knew that gutting an historically significant building would be a complex undertaking. They were admirers of Turett's townhouse renovations elsewhere in the neighborhood and brought his team on board to convert the multi-unit structure into a single family home. Turett's team had extensive experience with Landmarks, and worked closely with preservationists to anticipate the special needs of the protected facade. The TCA team met with the city's Excavation Unit, city-appointed archeologists, preservationists, Community Boards, and neighbors to bring the owner's original vision - a peaceful home on a tree-line street - to life. Turett worked with adjacent homeowners to achieve a planted rear-yard design that satisfied all interested parties, and brought an impressive array of engineers and consultants aboard to help guarantee a safe process. Turett worked with the owners to design a light-filled house, with landscaped yard and terraces, a music parlor, a skylit gym with pool, and every amenity. The final designs include Turett's signature tour-de-force stairs; sectional invention creating overlapping volumes of space; a dramatic triple-height steel-and-glass elevation; extraordinary acoustical and thermal insulation as part of a highly energy efficient envelope.
Contemporary Outdoor Kitchen Entertainment Area
Contemporary Outdoor Kitchen Entertainment Area
K West Images, Interior and Garden PhotographyK West Images, Interior and Garden Photography
Photo: ©Kelly Horkoff, K West Images www.kwestimages.com
This is an example of a contemporary patio in Toronto with an outdoor kitchen.
Stone Patio & Water Feature
Stone Patio & Water Feature
Breckenridge Design, Construction & MaintenanceBreckenridge Design, Construction & Maintenance
This small New Berlin, WI backyard features a Bluestone patio with Germantown paver border, a spacious firepit using Winnebago boulders and a custom water feature, nestled among existing Austrian Pines. The patio is framed with ornamental grasses, Japanese Maples and Winnebago outcropping boulders to create seating stones. Design by: Eric K Weishaar Installation by: Breckenridge Landscape Design, Construction & Maintenance, LLC Photos by: Eric K Weishaar
Palo Alto Green Point Rated House
Palo Alto Green Point Rated House
Cathy Schwabe ArchitectureCathy Schwabe Architecture
2nd floor deck garden, Built in outdoor tub, planters and operable shade screen. Architect: Cathy Schwabe Architecture Interior Design: John Lum Architecture Landscape Architect: Arterra LLP, Vera Gates Lighting Design: Alice Prussin Photograph : David Wakely
Glen Ellen Barn and ADU
Glen Ellen Barn and ADU
Character Builders Inc. General ContractorsCharacter Builders Inc. General Contractors
This is an example of a contemporary patio in San Francisco.
Dramatic Family Home
Dramatic Family Home
Wiles Design GroupWiles Design Group
In this Cedar Rapids residence, sophistication meets bold design, seamlessly integrating dynamic accents and a vibrant palette. Every detail is meticulously planned, resulting in a captivating space that serves as a modern haven for the entire family. An inviting outdoor space features an elegant fire pit as the focal point, surrounded by cozy seating. The facility includes an outdoor brick oven and is accented by a stone wall, creating a harmonious environment for outdoor gatherings and culinary pursuits. --- Project by Wiles Design Group. Their Cedar Rapids-based design studio serves the entire Midwest, including Iowa City, Dubuque, Davenport, and Waterloo, as well as North Missouri and St. Louis. For more about Wiles Design Group, see here: https://wilesdesigngroup.com/ To learn more about this project, see here: https://wilesdesigngroup.com/cedar-rapids-dramatic-family-home-design

Contemporary Patio Ideas and Designs

Pinnacle Canyon Southwest Contemporary
Pinnacle Canyon Southwest Contemporary
ArchitecTor, PCArchitecTor, PC
Expansive contemporary back patio in Phoenix with an outdoor kitchen, natural stone paving and a roof extension.
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