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Folia Horticultural + DesignWe installed hardscapes, elements and plantings
Contemporary side garden steps in Seattle.
Contemporary side garden steps in Seattle.
Slater Associates Landscape ArchitectsThis is an example of a contemporary side garden steps in Baltimore.
Smith & Vansant Architects PCThis is an example of a victorian side garden steps in Burlington with natural stone paving.
Shepard Design Landscape Architecture - AJ ShepardGreat garden that is viewed from all parts of the home. It is an interior courtyard, using stone for the path and artificial turf for the lawn. Very low maintenance. Garden designed by Shepard Design Landscape Architects
Common Ground LandscapesArchitect: nickwhite.com
Builder: Collie Construction
Landscape Contractor: www.louisahoffmannursery.com
Traditional side garden steps in Other.
Traditional side garden steps in Other.
CM GloverCM Glover Photography © 2013 Houzz
This is an example of a classic side garden steps in DC Metro with brick paving.
This is an example of a classic side garden steps in DC Metro with brick paving.
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.
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.
Architectural Gardens, Inc The rear corner of the house (near the kitchen) was reclaimed as a usable space for grilling and dining, which the homeowners desired. The narrow set of stairs was replaced with a wide and gracious staircase that allowed for gentler egress in two directions. The storm cellar entrance was fortified, and the cluster of utilities was concealed. The bluestone patio is spacious enough for a grill and table for six.
Lear + Mahoney Landscape ArchitectureDoug Young
Photo of a traditional side garden steps in New York.
Photo of a traditional side garden steps in New York.
Exteriors By Chad RobertThe semi-formal plantings are inspired by the gardens of southern Spain.
Photo of a mediterranean side garden steps in Phoenix.
Photo of a mediterranean side garden steps in Phoenix.
Randy Thueme Design Inc. - Landscape ArchitectureLighted path and steps to entry court.
Photo of a contemporary side garden steps in San Francisco.
Photo of a contemporary side garden steps in San Francisco.
LaurelRockKaren Bussolini.
Design Credit: Stephen Stimson Associates
This is an example of an expansive contemporary side garden steps in New York.
This is an example of an expansive contemporary side garden steps in New York.
Side Garden and Outdoor Space with Steps Ideas and Designs
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