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Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignA 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.
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary back partial sun garden in Houston with concrete paving.
Emma O'Connell Garden DesignBespoke cantilevered metal steps link patio to lawn with shade-loving planting and bespoke curvilinear table and bench.
Design ideas for a small contemporary back fully shaded garden steps in London with concrete paving.
Design ideas for a small contemporary back fully shaded garden steps in London with concrete paving.
D-CRAIN Design and ConstructionInspiration for a sloped xeriscape full sun garden steps in Austin with concrete paving.
Levy Art + ArchitectureKen Gutmaker, Photography
Medium sized modern back partial sun garden steps in San Francisco with concrete paving.
Medium sized modern back partial sun garden steps in San Francisco with concrete paving.
Huettl Landscape ArchitecturePhoto of a contemporary back garden steps in San Francisco with concrete paving.
J & J FENCEOutdoor wrought iron stair handrails installation Los Anegeles.
Inspiration for a small modern front driveway fully shaded garden steps for autumn in Los Angeles with concrete paving and a metal fence.
Inspiration for a small modern front driveway fully shaded garden steps for autumn in Los Angeles with concrete paving and a metal fence.
Regal Construction & Remodeling Inc.Herb garden
This is an example of a large modern back formal full sun garden steps in Los Angeles with a potted garden, a raised bed, a vegetable patch, concrete paving and a metal fence.
This is an example of a large modern back formal full sun garden steps in Los Angeles with a potted garden, a raised bed, a vegetable patch, concrete paving and a metal fence.
Blue Bear Landscape ConstructionConcrete block retaining wall and stairs. Natural colour block with charcoal caps and treads. Modern landscape light and planting provide contrast.
Modern back partial sun garden steps in Vancouver with concrete paving.
Modern back partial sun garden steps in Vancouver with concrete paving.
Kim Rooney DesignLandscape by Kim Rooney
Inspiration for a small traditional front formal partial sun garden steps in Seattle with concrete paving.
Inspiration for a small traditional front formal partial sun garden steps in Seattle with concrete paving.
Todd Soli ArchitectsPhotos by Northlight Photography. Lake Washington remodel featuring native Pacific Northwest Materials and aesthetics. Winding stair highlights multiple views and enhances the experience of the landscape design.
Swick's LandscapingEma Peter
Design ideas for a contemporary side full sun garden steps in Vancouver with concrete paving.
Design ideas for a contemporary side full sun garden steps in Vancouver with concrete paving.
Conscious Environments Inc.Concrete stepping pads and concrete stairs are accented by synthetic lawn and Myoporum ground cover.
Large contemporary back xeriscape full sun garden steps for spring in Orange County with concrete paving and an upvc fence.
Large contemporary back xeriscape full sun garden steps for spring in Orange County with concrete paving and an upvc fence.
AFLA-Landscape DesignSculptural front yard concrete walkway
Design ideas for a modern back garden steps in San Francisco with concrete paving.
Design ideas for a modern back garden steps in San Francisco with concrete paving.
Shades Of Green Landscape ArchitecturePhotography: © ShadesOfGreen
Photo of a mediterranean back garden steps in San Francisco with concrete paving.
Photo of a mediterranean back garden steps in San Francisco with concrete paving.
Blue Bear Landscape ConstructionConcrete block retaining wall and stairs. Natural colour block with charcoal caps and treads. Modern landscape light and planting provide contrast.
Modern back partial sun garden steps in Vancouver with concrete paving.
Modern back partial sun garden steps in Vancouver with concrete paving.
Regal Construction & Remodeling Inc.Herb garden
Large modern back formal full sun garden steps in Los Angeles with a potted garden, a raised bed, a vegetable patch, concrete paving and a metal fence.
Large modern back formal full sun garden steps in Los Angeles with a potted garden, a raised bed, a vegetable patch, concrete paving and a metal fence.
Envision Landscape Studiophotography by Joe Dodd
Inspiration for a large contemporary sloped formal garden steps in San Francisco with concrete paving.
Inspiration for a large contemporary sloped formal garden steps in San Francisco with concrete paving.
Garden Steps with Concrete Paving Ideas and Designs
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