Photo: Ben Benschneider
Design ideas for a contemporary exterior in Seattle with wood siding.

The endless beach bordering the Pacific Ocean is strikingly sparse yet beautiful with gently sloping hills and yellow flowers moving with the wind.
Design ideas for a small contemporary one-storey exterior in Seattle with a shed roof.

patio and landscape by others
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional two-storey stucco exterior in San Francisco.

This client required a sloping ramp from driveway to front door for wheelchair access. We built the ramp with Permeable concrete pavers to alleviate run-off rushing down slope. The ramp is hidden from the street view by the wall be built which we later augmented with a boxwood hedge. We installed low voltage lighting in the wall at the driveway entrance. We designed the project with Google Sketch-up. Very successful!

Inspiration for a contemporary detached garden shed in Boston.

exterior spaces, petanque court, entry court
Photo of a mediterranean garden in Phoenix with a retaining wall.

Inspiration for a contemporary home office in Other with white walls, light hardwood floors and a library.

Craig Kuhner Architectural Photography
This is an example of a contemporary concrete exterior in Dallas.

HOUSE ON FIRE ISLAND Location: Fire Island, NY Completion Date: 2008 Size: 3379 sf Typology: Courtyard Series Site Built Construction Program: o Bedrooms: 5 o Baths: 4 o Features: Roof Deck, Pool, Outdoor Shower, Media Room, Guest Suite, Balcony, Materials: o Exterior: Cedar Lap Siding, Azek Infill Panels, Ipe Wood Decking o Interior: White Oak Flooring, Stone & Teak Countertops, Slate Bathroom Floors, White Lacquer & Maple Cabinets, Aluminum Clad Wood Windows with Low E, Insulated Glass, Hot Rolled Black Steel Cladding Project Description: Located on Fire Island, a barrier island off of Long Island, NY, this bayfront house is the summer retreat for a family who lives and works in Manhattan. The house is designed as two distinct volumes, to provide the parents and their adult children with separate quarters for living and entertaining. The volumes are clad in cedar and connected by a glass bridge, sheltering a courtyard and pool, which receive western exposure for maximum daylight. The design of the house prioritizes views and access to the outdoors. The typical configuration of private spaces stacked on top of a lower public zone is flipped; in this residence, the communal upper level enjoys the best views and access to outdoor decks for entertaining. Kitchen, dining, and living space flows out to the bay beyond, ideal for watching summer sunsets. Large expanses of glass, in the form of continuous sliding doors break down the boundary between interior and exterior, and add to the airy, openess of the house. The house embraces local island traditions, through both its construction process and its design. Cars are prohibited on the small island, so the house and its material were brought on barges to the site. The primary mode of transportation on the island is wagons and bikes. The design of the large curving entry ramp accommodates for this mode of transportation, allowing wagons to be wheeled right up to the front door. Plenty of parking for bikes is also provided. Natural ground cover of beach grasses and brush keep the site low maintenance and sensitive to local vegetation. The cedar siding ages to a silvery grey, and adapts this modern volume to the beachfront vernacular. Architects: Joseph Tanney, Robert Luntz Project Architect: Paul Coughlin Project Team: Jerome Engelking , Craig Kim, Michael MacDonald Contractor: Island Painting & Contracting Photographer: © RES4

William Maccollum, Art Grey Photography
Inspiration for a contemporary two-storey exterior in Los Angeles.

Photo: Julia Heine / McInturff Architects
Photo of a modern exterior in DC Metro with wood siding.

Great landscape for the kids, the memories throughout their childhoods - times with family and friends around the fire pit - investigating the water feature come spring and watching it get icy in the winter - trying to stay out of the pond - year round!

Featured in Home & Design Magazine, this Chevy Chase home was inspired by Hugh Newell Jacobsen and built/designed by Anthony Wilder's team of architects and designers.

This is an example of a mid-sized mediterranean exterior in Other.

Major renovation of this 1970s family home necessitated a contemporary kitchen to complement the style of the new extension.
This is an example of a large contemporary split-level white exterior in Hampshire.

Inspiration for an asian full sun formal garden in Nagoya with a garden path.

Layers of landscaping, ramps and walls modulating the narrow yard from street to house entry. Photo by: Joe Iano
This is an example of a large traditional entryway in Seattle.

Inspiration for a modern two-storey beige exterior in Other with mixed siding and a flat roof.

Steve Keating Photography
Design ideas for a contemporary hallway in Seattle with concrete floors.