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AJ's Landscaping & Outdoor Construction
Photo of a mid-sized traditional backyard xeriscape in San Francisco with a fire feature.
Terra Firma Design
Brandon Barre Architectural Photographer
Design ideas for a traditional backyard patio in Toronto with no cover.
Design ideas for a traditional backyard patio in Toronto with no cover.
Amantea Architects
Rosedale ‘PARK’ is a detached garage and fence structure designed for a residential property in an old Toronto community rich in trees and preserved parkland. Located on a busy corner lot, the owner’s requirements for the project were two fold:
1) They wanted to manage views from passers-by into their private pool and entertainment areas while maintaining a connection to the ‘park-like’ public realm; and
2) They wanted to include a place to park their car that wouldn’t jeopardize the natural character of the property or spoil one’s experience of the place.
The idea was to use the new garage, fence, hard and soft landscaping together with the existing house, pool and two large and ‘protected’ trees to create a setting and a particular sense of place for each of the anticipated activities including lounging by the pool, cooking, dining alfresco and entertaining large groups of friends.
Using wood as the primary building material, the solution was to create a light, airy and luminous envelope around each component of the program that would provide separation without containment. The garage volume and fence structure, framed in structural sawn lumber and a variety of engineered wood products, are wrapped in a dark stained cedar skin that is at once solid and opaque and light and transparent.
The fence, constructed of staggered horizontal wood slats was designed for privacy but also lets light and air pass through. At night, the fence becomes a large light fixture providing an ambient glow for both the private garden as well as the public sidewalk. Thin striations of light wrap around the interior and exterior of the property. The wall of the garage separating the pool area and the parked car is an assembly of wood framed windows clad in the same fence material. When illuminated, this poolside screen transforms from an edge into a nearly transparent lantern, casting a warm glow by the pool. The large overhang gives the area by the by the pool containment and sense of place. It edits out the view of adjacent properties and together with the pool in the immediate foreground frames a view back toward the home’s family room. Using the pool as a source of light and the soffit of the overhang a reflector, the bright and luminous water shimmers and reflects light off the warm cedar plane overhead. All of the peripheral storage within the garage is cantilevered off of the main structure and hovers over native grade to significantly reduce the footprint of the building and minimize the impact on existing tree roots.
The natural character of the neighborhood inspired the extensive use of wood as the projects primary building material. The availability, ease of construction and cost of wood products made it possible to carefully craft this project. In the end, aside from its quiet, modern expression, it is well-detailed, allowing it to be a pragmatic storage box, an elevated roof 'garden', a lantern at night, a threshold and place of occupation poolside for the owners.
Photo: Bryan Groulx
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Danny Broe Architect
Photography: Karina Illovska
The garden now includes a carspace but to soften its impact and to create texture we used the recycled bricks from the original house as paving.
Desjoyaux Pools
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary backyard rectangular lap pool in Atlanta with concrete pavers.
Ronni Hock Garden & Landscape
Photo of a small contemporary backyard full sun garden for spring in Philadelphia with a garden path and gravel.
Amantea Architects
Rosedale ‘PARK’ is a detached garage and fence structure designed for a residential property in an old Toronto community rich in trees and preserved parkland. Located on a busy corner lot, the owner’s requirements for the project were two fold:
1) They wanted to manage views from passers-by into their private pool and entertainment areas while maintaining a connection to the ‘park-like’ public realm; and
2) They wanted to include a place to park their car that wouldn’t jeopardize the natural character of the property or spoil one’s experience of the place.
The idea was to use the new garage, fence, hard and soft landscaping together with the existing house, pool and two large and ‘protected’ trees to create a setting and a particular sense of place for each of the anticipated activities including lounging by the pool, cooking, dining alfresco and entertaining large groups of friends.
Using wood as the primary building material, the solution was to create a light, airy and luminous envelope around each component of the program that would provide separation without containment. The garage volume and fence structure, framed in structural sawn lumber and a variety of engineered wood products, are wrapped in a dark stained cedar skin that is at once solid and opaque and light and transparent.
The fence, constructed of staggered horizontal wood slats was designed for privacy but also lets light and air pass through. At night, the fence becomes a large light fixture providing an ambient glow for both the private garden as well as the public sidewalk. Thin striations of light wrap around the interior and exterior of the property. The wall of the garage separating the pool area and the parked car is an assembly of wood framed windows clad in the same fence material. When illuminated, this poolside screen transforms from an edge into a nearly transparent lantern, casting a warm glow by the pool. The large overhang gives the area by the by the pool containment and sense of place. It edits out the view of adjacent properties and together with the pool in the immediate foreground frames a view back toward the home’s family room. Using the pool as a source of light and the soffit of the overhang a reflector, the bright and luminous water shimmers and reflects light off the warm cedar plane overhead. All of the peripheral storage within the garage is cantilevered off of the main structure and hovers over native grade to significantly reduce the footprint of the building and minimize the impact on existing tree roots.
The natural character of the neighborhood inspired the extensive use of wood as the projects primary building material. The availability, ease of construction and cost of wood products made it possible to carefully craft this project. In the end, aside from its quiet, modern expression, it is well-detailed, allowing it to be a pragmatic storage box, an elevated roof 'garden', a lantern at night, a threshold and place of occupation poolside for the owners.
Photo: Bryan Groulx
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Jacobsen Landscape Design & Construction
Photo of a mid-sized traditional backyard patio in New York with an outdoor kitchen, natural stone pavers and no cover.
Kelly's Carpentry & Remodeling
Deck stairs. Aluminum balusters
Inspiration for a small traditional backyard deck in Detroit with no cover.
Inspiration for a small traditional backyard deck in Detroit with no cover.
a Blade of Grass
The formal rectangular lawn anchors the viewing garden, with colorful planting accents and the pergola as a focal point and sitting area.
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional backyard full sun formal garden for summer in Boston with natural stone pavers.
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional backyard full sun formal garden for summer in Boston with natural stone pavers.
Arterra Landscape Architects
This is an example of a contemporary backyard garden in San Francisco with decking.
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Smart Design Studio
Tusculum Residence dining/kitchen showing view to rear courtyard. Architect William Smart
This is an example of a contemporary kitchen/dining combo in Sydney.
This is an example of a contemporary kitchen/dining combo in Sydney.
Terry T. King Landscape Architecture
Fire pit patio, stepping stones and seatwall.
Photo of a small backyard patio in Boise with a fire feature, natural stone pavers and no cover.
Photo of a small backyard patio in Boise with a fire feature, natural stone pavers and no cover.
Small Backyards - Photos & Ideas | Houzz
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Casabella Interiors
Kristada
Photo of a mid-sized beach style backyard verandah in Boston with decking and a roof extension.
Photo of a mid-sized beach style backyard verandah in Boston with decking and a roof extension.
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