Patio Design Ideas with a Fire Feature

Judith Russo, Creative Events Photography
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary courtyard patio in Sydney with a fire feature.

Candy
Design ideas for an expansive country backyard patio in Los Angeles with a fire feature, brick pavers and a gazebo/cabana.

This sociable family, with busy professional lives, invited Aralia to do a complete overhaul on their rural country garden approaching around 1 acre in total. The country garden was split into several garden sections including: Southern Terrace & Orchard Gardens, Rose Garden (to the front of the property), Zen Garden (central garden courtyard), pedestrian entrance front garden, driveway and further lawned gardens including vegetable garden. The southern terrace and Orchard Gardens benefitted from a beautiful existing walled garden area which has been enhanced and complemented with many beautiful features including: large 3m outdoor fireplace using natural stone paddle-stones; a row of magnificent Pleached Trees (Ilex quercus), curved natural sandstone sawn paving with setts and borders crammed with a beautiful array of sculptural buxus spheres and herbaceous planting. The Zen garden is an area for quiet contemplation, and includes Acers and Buxus balls, with a real Japanese slant to the planting scheme – offset by a beautiful central metal sculpture. A mature Photinia Red Robin hedge was installed along the new driveway to provide privacy to the Orchard Garden. Aralia provided a full Landscape Design & Build service, working with a multi-functional team of sub-contractors. They work in extensively in London & The South East (including Hertfordshire & Essex) but work across the Uk & Internationally.

Simon Whitbread Photography
Contemporary patio in Sydney with a fire feature and no cover.

Inspiration for a large contemporary backyard patio in London with a fire feature.

Large modern backyard patio in Other with a fire feature and no cover.

serge Brison
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary backyard patio in Nice with a gazebo/cabana and a fire feature.

Outdoor fire pit area with inbuilt seating photo by David Kekwick
Design ideas for a contemporary patio in Sunshine Coast with a fire feature.

Tim Turner Photographer
This is an example of a mid-sized modern backyard patio in Melbourne with a fire feature, concrete pavers and a roof extension.

This contemporary garden was created with entertaining in mind. The sandstone path leads you down the garden, through bespoke pergolas to a new level of entertaining space. In this sunken area, lounge seating surrounds a contemporary firetable for extended evening entertaining. A slate feature wall and yew hedging add further warmth and create an outdoor room. A mix of structured contemporary buxus and perennials line the borders for year round colour. For an added statement, a bespoke gabion cage frames an area of planting. The focal points are fitted with recessed and spot lighting to transform the space in the evenings and light up the path to the sunken area. Gap Photos Ltd

Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with magnificent views across rolling countryside to the sea, this redundant and dilapidated barn was carefully and sympathetically converted into a three bedroom house. Once part of a small, working farmstead, the barn was restored to retain much of its original appearance and character. Existing door and window openings were retained and established conservation methods and techniques were used in the restoration, including rubble stone pointed in lime mortar, cob block repairs and lime render with a lime wash finish. The roof was constructed of salvaged natural rag slate, with matching clay ridge tiles, laid over a traditional principle truss roofing system. The contemporary replacement of an adjoining barn is vertically clad with timber to create a distinct but complementary addition that integrates with the existing building and surrounding elements, respecting the sensitivity of the location in terms of scale and massing. Locally-sourced, traditional vernacular materials were used throughout and any existing site materials were re-used where possible. Photograph: Aspects Holidays Cornwall

Design ideas for an asian patio in Brisbane with a fire feature and a gazebo/cabana.

Lares Homes "California House" certainly knows how to bring the outdoors in! Flawless design continuing a tile from a living area into an outdoor area is a great way to extend your home and make two spaces feel connected. Tiles by Italia Ceramics

Landscape design & construction by Bayon Gardens // Photography by Tim Turner
Photo of a large modern backyard patio in Melbourne with a fire feature and natural stone pavers.

We were commissioned by our clients to design this ambitious side and rear extension for their beautiful detached home. The use of Cotswold stone ensured that the new extension is in keeping with and sympathetic to the original part of the house, while the contemporary frameless glazed panels flood the interior spaces with light and create breathtaking views of the surrounding gardens. Our initial brief was very clear and our clients were keen to use the newly-created additional space for a more spacious living and garden room which connected seamlessly with the garden and patio area. Our clients loved the design from the first sketch, which allowed for the large living room with the fire that they requested creating a beautiful focal point. The large glazed panels on the rear of the property flood the interiors with natural light and are hidden away from the front elevation, allowing our clients to retain their privacy whilst also providing a real sense of indoor/outdoor living and connectivity to the new patio space and surrounding gardens. Our clients also wanted an additional connection closer to the kitchen, allowing better flow and easy access between the kitchen, dining room and newly created living space, which was achieved by a larger structural opening. Our design included special features such as large, full-width glazing with sliding doors and a hidden flat roof and gutter. There were some challenges with the project such as the large existing drainage access which is located on the foundation line for the new extension. We also had to determine how best to structurally support the top of the existing chimney so that the base could be removed to open up the living room space whilst maintaining services to the existing living room and causing as little disturbance as possible to the bedroom above on the first floor. We solved these issues by slightly relocating the extension away from the existing drainage pipe with an agreement in place with the utility company. The chimney support design evolved into a longer design stage involving a collaborative approach between the builder, structural engineer and ourselves to find an agreeable solution. We changed the temporary structural design to support the existing structure and provide a different workable solution for the permanent structural design for the new extension and supporting chimney. Our client’s home is also situated within the Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and as such particular planning restrictions and policies apply, however, the planning policy allows for extruded forms that follow the Cotswold vernacular and traditional approach on the front elevation. Our design follows the Cotswold Design Code with high-pitched roofs which are subservient to the main house and flat roofs spanning the rear elevation which is also subservient, clearly demonstrating how the house has evolved over time. Our clients felt the original living room didn’t fit the size of the house, it was too small for their lifestyle and the size of furniture and restricted how they wanted to use the space. There were French doors connecting to the rear garden but there wasn’t a large patio area to provide a clear connection between the outside and inside spaces. Our clients really wanted a living room which functioned in a traditional capacity but also as a garden room space which connected to the patio and rear gardens. The large room and full-width glazing allowed our clients to achieve the functional but aesthetically pleasing spaces they wanted. On the front and rear elevations, the extension helps balance the appearance of the house by replicating the pitched roof on the opposite side. We created an additional connection from the living room to the existing kitchen for better flow and ease of access and made additional ground-floor internal alterations to open the dining space onto the kitchen with a larger structural opening, changed the window configuration on the kitchen window to have an increased view of the rear garden whilst also maximising the flow of natural light into the kitchen and created a larger entrance roof canopy. On the front elevation, the house is very balanced, following the roof pitch lines of the existing house but on the rear elevation, a flat roof is hidden and expands the entirety of the side extension to allow for a large living space connected to the rear garden that you wouldn’t know is there. We love how we have achieved this large space which meets our client’s needs but the feature we are most proud of is the large full-width glazing and the glazed panel feature above the doors which provides a sleek contemporary design and carefully hides the flat roof behind. This contrast between contemporary and traditional design has worked really well and provided a beautiful aesthetic.

Inspiration for an expansive contemporary backyard patio with a fire feature and concrete pavers.

Photo of a contemporary patio in Sydney with a fire feature, concrete slab and a roof extension.

Photographer: Tash Hopkins
Contemporary patio in Auckland with a fire feature and decking.

wildigarten
Mid-sized contemporary backyard patio in Other with a fire feature.