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Southern Cross Swimming Pools
Patrick Redmond
Small contemporary rectangular pool in Melbourne with a water feature and decking.
Small contemporary rectangular pool in Melbourne with a water feature and decking.
Stephen W. Hackney Landscape Architecture
SWH
This is an example of a mid-sized traditional courtyard partial sun formal garden in Other with a garden path and natural stone pavers.
This is an example of a mid-sized traditional courtyard partial sun formal garden in Other with a garden path and natural stone pavers.
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The Garden Builders
The Garden Builders
This is an example of a traditional full sun formal garden in London.
This is an example of a traditional full sun formal garden in London.
Ian Barker Gardens
Photography by Sally Plottel
Inspiration for a traditional backyard patio in Melbourne with an outdoor kitchen and a pergola.
Inspiration for a traditional backyard patio in Melbourne with an outdoor kitchen and a pergola.
Dane Spencer Landscape Architecture
Giovani Lunardi
Photo of a midcentury shaded garden in Portland with brick pavers.
Photo of a midcentury shaded garden in Portland with brick pavers.
Ira Sokolova
Дизайнер Ирина Соколова, фотограф Георгий Жоржолиани. Кирпич по окну со стороны улицы пришлось закрыть, так как лоджию утепляли. Сначала хотели обшить досками, но решили сделать имитацию кирпича. Мастера нарисовали по штукатурке имитацию кирпича шпателем, после покрасили. Получилось отлично!
DeForest Architects
Photo: Benjamin Benschneider
Inspiration for a traditional backyard garden in Seattle.
Inspiration for a traditional backyard garden in Seattle.
British Association of Landscape Industries
Inspiration for a traditional garden in West Midlands with a water feature and brick pavers.
Diana Sochalina
Photo of a traditional formal garden for summer in Moscow with a garden path and brick pavers.
Peter D'Aprix Photography
The trellised entrance patio with the French doors of the music/media room. Peter D'Aprix
Traditional patio in Los Angeles with brick pavers.
Traditional patio in Los Angeles with brick pavers.
STUDIO HANSEN
Oliver Mark
Design ideas for an expansive traditional backyard deck in Berlin with no cover.
Design ideas for an expansive traditional backyard deck in Berlin with no cover.
Barnes Walker Ltd - Landscape Architects
Barnes Walker Ltd
Inspiration for a traditional patio in Manchester.
Inspiration for a traditional patio in Manchester.
SBM GmbH
This is an example of an expansive country backyard deck in Dusseldorf with a container garden.
HEJM - Interieurfotografie
HEJM - Interieurfotografie © 2015 Houzz
This is an example of a mid-sized industrial side yard patio in Berlin with no cover.
This is an example of a mid-sized industrial side yard patio in Berlin with no cover.
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Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
It started with vision. Then arrived fresh sight, seeing what was absent, seeing what was possible. Followed quickly by desire and creativity and know-how and communication and collaboration.
When the Ramsowers first called Exterior Worlds, all they had in mind was an outdoor fountain. About working with the Ramsowers, Jeff Halper, owner of Exterior Worlds says, “The Ramsowers had great vision. While they didn’t know exactly what they wanted, they did push us to create something special for them. I get inspired by my clients who are engaged and focused on design like they were. When you get that kind of inspiration and dialogue, you end up with a project like this one.”
For Exterior Worlds, our design process addressed two main features of the original space—the blank surface of the yard surrounded by looming architecture and plain fencing. With the yard, we dug out the center of it to create a one-foot drop in elevation in which to build a sunken pool. At one end, we installed a spa, lining it with a contrasting darker blue glass tile. Pedestals topped with urns anchor the pool and provide a place for spot color. Jets of water emerge from these pedestals. This moving water becomes a shield to block out urban noises and makes the scene lively. (And the children think it’s great fun to play in them.) On the side of the pool, another fountain, an illuminated basin built of limestone, brick and stainless steel, feeds the pool through three slots.
The pool is counterbalanced by a large plot of grass. What is inventive about this grassy area is its sub-structure. Before putting down the grass, we installed a French drain using grid pavers that pulls water away, an action that keeps the soil from compacting and the grass from suffocating. The entire sunken area is finished off with a border of ground cover that transitions the eye to the limestone walkway and the retaining wall, where we used the same reclaimed bricks found in architectural features of the house.
In the outer border along the fence line, we planted small trees that give the space scale and also hide some unsightly utility infrastructure. Boxwood and limestone gravel were embroidered into a parterre design to underscore the formal shape of the pool. Additionally, we planted a rose garden around the illuminated basin and a color garden for seasonal color at the far end of the yard across from the covered terrace.
To address the issue of the house’s prominence, we added a pergola to the main wing of the house. The pergola is made of solid aluminum, chosen for its durability, and painted black. The Ramsowers had used reclaimed ornamental iron around their front yard and so we replicated its pattern in the pergola’s design. “In making this design choice and also by using the reclaimed brick in the pool area, we wanted to honor the architecture of the house,” says Halper.
We continued the ornamental pattern by building an aluminum arbor and pool security fence along the covered terrace. The arbor’s supports gently curve out and away from the house. It, plus the pergola, extends the structural aspect of the house into the landscape. At the same time, it softens the hard edges of the house and unifies it with the yard. The softening effect is further enhanced by the wisteria vine that will eventually cover both the arbor and the pergola. From a practical standpoint, the pergola and arbor provide shade, especially when the vine becomes mature, a definite plus for the west-facing main house.
This newly-created space is an updated vision for a traditional garden that combines classic lines with the modern sensibility of innovative materials. The family is able to sit in the house or on the covered terrace and look out over the landscaping. To enjoy its pleasing form and practical function. To appreciate its cool, soothing palette, the blues of the water flowing into the greens of the garden with a judicious use of color. And accept its invitation to step out, step down, jump in, enjoy.
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