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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.
Waterloo Outdoor Design BuildModern side xeriscape garden in Austin with a potted garden and concrete paving.
Mark S. Garff, Landscape ArchitectIn Seattle's Fremont neighborhood SCJ Studio designed a new landscape to surround and set off a contemporary home by Coates Design Architects. The narrow spaces around the tall home needed structure and organization, and a thoughtful approach to layout and space programming. A concrete patio was installed with a Paloform Bento gas fire feature surrounded by lush, northwest planting. A horizontal board cedar fence provides privacy from the street and creates the cozy feeling of an outdoor room among the trees. LED low-voltage lighting by Kichler Lighting adds night-time warmth.
Photography by: Miranda Estes Photography
Ferreira | Verfürth ArchitektenFotos: Julia Vogel, Köln
This is an example of a large contemporary side partial sun garden for summer in Dusseldorf with a potted garden and concrete paving.
This is an example of a large contemporary side partial sun garden for summer in Dusseldorf with a potted garden and concrete paving.
HEDGE Garden Design & NurseryWe divided the long corridor into garden rooms and ran a jasmine espalier along the fence line to green up the walls. Designed by HEDGE Garden Design & Nursery. Photo: NZ House & Garden.
Newport Ave LandscapingThis is an example of a medium sized midcentury side partial sun garden in Other with concrete paving.
Hortus Grass-Artificial Turf Solutions in DubaiNadeem
Design ideas for a small contemporary side formal garden in Other with concrete paving.
Design ideas for a small contemporary side formal garden in Other with concrete paving.
LanaiscapesDesigned by Brian Cordero
Lanaiscapes.com
This is an example of a medium sized world-inspired side partial sun garden for summer in Hawaii with concrete paving and a garden path.
This is an example of a medium sized world-inspired side partial sun garden for summer in Hawaii with concrete paving and a garden path.
Super-SodWill Crowder, Super-Sod employee, took these pictures of Hancock Outdoorscape's Drivable Grass project.
This is an example of a large traditional side driveway partial sun garden in Charlotte with concrete paving.
This is an example of a large traditional side driveway partial sun garden in Charlotte with concrete paving.
Photo of a large side xeriscape full sun garden for autumn in Phoenix with concrete paving and a garden path.
Huettl Landscape ArchitectureThis is an example of a contemporary side full sun garden in San Francisco with a water feature and concrete paving.
Outside Influence Landscape Design Group, LLCAmy Roark
Inspiration for a contemporary side garden in Cincinnati with concrete paving.
Inspiration for a contemporary side garden in Cincinnati with concrete paving.
Exterior Designs, Inc. by Beverly KatzA flagstone walkway, custom arbor and iron-gate complete this New Orleans courtyard perfectly.
Photo of a large classic side fully shaded garden for spring in New Orleans with concrete paving.
Photo of a large classic side fully shaded garden for spring in New Orleans with concrete paving.
Revolution LandscapeCustom IPE gate and fencing
Inspiration for a small contemporary side xeriscape full sun garden in San Diego with a garden path and concrete paving.
Inspiration for a small contemporary side xeriscape full sun garden in San Diego with a garden path and concrete paving.
Studio H Landscape ArchitectureSideyard modern water feature. The fountain is located off the living room window to enjoy from both the living area and kitchen. Concrete stepping pads extend over the fountain and into the artificial turf area in the rear yard. Succulents and grasses are planted throughout the yard.
Stapleton Landscape ArchitectureThis garden space along the existing drive provided an opportunity for multi-season appeal and continuation of the Asian theme via iconic garden elements like boulders and stone lanterns - Jeff Stapleton
Studio BracketPhoto of a medium sized midcentury side fully shaded garden in Los Angeles with a water feature and concrete paving.
Amy Martin Landscape Designwww.jfaynovakphotography.com
Inspiration for a large modern side formal partial sun garden for autumn in Boston with a garden path and concrete paving.
Inspiration for a large modern side formal partial sun garden for autumn in Boston with a garden path and concrete paving.
Blenker ConstructionLarge farmhouse side formal full sun garden for summer in Other with a fire feature and concrete paving.
REMARKPatrick Brickman of Charleston Home + Design Magazine
Design ideas for a nautical side partial sun garden in Charleston with a garden path and concrete paving.
Design ideas for a nautical side partial sun garden in Charleston with a garden path and concrete paving.
Side Garden with Concrete Paving Ideas and Designs
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