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Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignWe were contacted by the owner of a Houston, Texas home who asked us to design a series of gardens and landscaping features that would compliment and expand the Mediterranean theme of his house into the surrounding landscape. This house sat on a very large lot of several acres in a secluded Memorial Drive neighborhood located near the 610 Loop. The home featured a symmetrical, linear appearance in spite of its two-story build, and our client wanted a landscape and garden design that would follow these same principles of self-contained regularity and subtle linear motion.
Creating a Mediterranean theme in a Houston, Texas garden and landscape is a bit more complex that it might appear at face value. The southern coast of Europe—particularly in Italy and Greece—is a mountainous area where homes and gardens are built on steep angles and sharp vertical rises. Gardens and fields are often built in terraces that climb the mountains due to the limited planting area and rough, rocky terrain. Limestone is the predominant rock type in Italy and Greece and has become iconic of this part of the world in our collective consciousness. Mediterranean homes and gardens are historically famous for their white stucco walls, olive groves, and carefully sculptured greenery embedded in a rugged limestone backdrop.
The challenge lay in taking an essentially three-dimensional landscaping style and transfering it to a Houston property. As we all know, this part of Texas is very flat, so a hillside garden is out of the question in the literal sense. However, using a combination of symmetrical forms and linear progressions, along with some innovative garden materials, we were able to mimic several aspects of seaside European terrain.
The key to doing this was to establish a combination of circular forms and linear patterns in the multiple garden elements we designed. French and Italian gardens place a heavy emphasis on order and symmetry, and both tend to utilize right angles to establish form. We planted a variety of low level growth around the house and rear swimming pool patio to emphasize its walls and corners. We then added three keynote forms to the landscape to create a Houston equivalent of a Mediterranean garden.
The first of these forms was a knot garden centered on the front door, located just in front of the home’s motorcourt. We planted boxwoods in three circular rows that looked like terraces on a hillside. In the center of the knot garden we planted Loropatalum, punctuated with a lone Crinum lily as the center piece. The rich purple of the Loropatalum draws catches the eye, and the vertical dimension added by the lily draws it upward to the front entrance of the house.
Moving then to one side of the house, we transformed a substantial portion of the yard into a parterre garden that centered on a large glass room that extended from the west wing of the house. This garden was populated by low-growth rose bushes whose amenability to constant trimming makes them an ideal plant material for parterre gardens, and whose colorful blooms a made them stand out from multiple vantage points throughout this Houston neighborhood. The garden borders were made from of boxwood hedges, and the central pathways were made using European limestone gravel that mimics the color of the limestone cliffs of the Aegean and Adriatic Seas. We then completed the design by adding dwarf yaupon, a small shrub that bears a curious resemblance to clouds, all along the borders of the gravel walkways. This helped create the impression that the garden was located on a hilltop near the sea, and that the clouds were rolling across the shoreline.
One of the most appealing attributes of this Houston, Texas property is its superb location. The back of the yard borders a 50-foot ravine carved out of the earth by a major tributary of Buffalo Bayou. This seemed to us a natural destination spot for garden guests to visit after strolling around the west wing of the home to the pool. To encourage them to do so, we planted an alley of crepe myrtles leading from the pool area all the way back to the woods along the ravine. We then built a walkway out of limestone aggregate blocks that started at the parterre garden, ran alongside the house to the pool, then ran straight out through the alley of trees to the scenic overlook of the forest and stream below. For more the 20 years Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston's fine neighborhoods.
Los Angeles Pool Builders, IncFoto di un'ampia piscina monocorsia minimalista rettangolare dietro casa con una vasca idromassaggio e lastre di cemento
Hans-ChristianScotch Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
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Foto di un ampio giardino esposto in pieno sole
Foto di un ampio giardino esposto in pieno sole
Rick Ryniak ArchitectsMark Ammen
Immagine di un'ampia piscina a sfioro infinito tropicale personalizzata dietro casa con fontane e pavimentazioni in pietra naturale
Immagine di un'ampia piscina a sfioro infinito tropicale personalizzata dietro casa con fontane e pavimentazioni in pietra naturale
Simmonds & Associates, Inc.This property has a wonderful juxtaposition of modern and traditional elements, which are unified by a natural planting scheme. Although the house is traditional, the client desired some contemporary elements, enabling us to introduce rusted steel fences and arbors, black granite for the barbeque counter, and black African slate for the main terrace. An existing brick retaining wall was saved and forms the backdrop for a long fountain with two stone water sources. Almost an acre in size, the property has several destinations. A winding set of steps takes the visitor up the hill to a redwood hot tub, set in a deck amongst walls and stone pillars, overlooking the property. Another winding path takes the visitor to the arbor at the end of the property, furnished with Emu chaises, with relaxing views back to the house, and easy access to the adjacent vegetable garden.
Photos: Simmonds & Associates, Inc.
Soul SpaceShort-listed for the Grand Designs Australia TV Show, this sub-tropical farmhouse captures the essence of the orient mixed with the Australian outback. Designed as a series of pavilions around lush landscaped courtyards with a focus onto the 25m lap pool and the green rolling hills beyond.
Kaplan Architects, AIAKaplan Architects, AIA
Location: Redwood City , CA, USA
Front entry deck creating an outdoor room for the main living area. The exterior siding is natural cedar and the roof is a standing seam metal roofing system with custom design integral gutters.
Chelsea Court DesignsImmagine di un ampio patio o portico tropicale nel cortile laterale con pavimentazioni in pietra naturale e nessuna copertura
Katia Goffin GardensThe Entry and Parking Courtyard : The approach to the front of the house leads up the driveway into a spacious cobbled courtyard framed by a series of stone walls , which in turn are surrounded by plantings. The stone walls also allow the formation of a secondary room for entry into the garages. The walls extend the architecture of the house into the garden allowing the house to be grounded to the site and connect to the greater landscape.
Photo credit: ROGER FOLEY
Clawson Architects, LLCThe house was a traditional Foursquare. The heavy Mission-style roof parapet, oppressive dark porch and interior trim along with an unfortunate addition did not foster a cheerful lifestyle. Upon entry, the immediate focus of the Entry Hall was an enclosed staircase which arrested the flow and energy of the home. As you circulated through the rooms of the house it was apparent that there were numerous dead ends. The previous addition did not compliment the house, in function, scale or massing. Based on their knowledge and passion of historical period homes, the client selected Clawson Architects to re-envision the house using historical precedence from surrounding houses in the area and their expert knowledge of period detailing. The exterior and interior, as well as the landscaping of this 100-plus year old house were alterated and renovated, and a small addition was made, to update the house to modern-day living standards. All of this was done to create what is the inherent beauty of Traditional Old House Living.
For the whole story and to see before and after images visit www.clawsonarchitects.com
Terra Ferma LandscapesView into entry courtyard with bosque of pear trees.
Esempio di un ampio giardino design esposto a mezz'ombra nel cortile laterale in primavera con pavimentazioni in pietra naturale e un ingresso o sentiero
Esempio di un ampio giardino design esposto a mezz'ombra nel cortile laterale in primavera con pavimentazioni in pietra naturale e un ingresso o sentiero
Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.Photographer: Tom Crane
Foto di un ampio giardino stile rurale in ombra dietro casa con fontane e pavimentazioni in pietra naturale
Foto di un ampio giardino stile rurale in ombra dietro casa con fontane e pavimentazioni in pietra naturale
Windsor CompaniesThis intimate, interconnected landscape gives these homeowners three spaces that make being outside a joy.
Low stucco walls create a courtyard near the front door that has as unique sense of privacy, making it a great place to pause and view the pond below.
Under the deck the stucco walls wrap around a patio, creating a perfect place for a cool refuge from hot summer days. A custom-made fountain is integrated into the wall, a bed of lush flowers is woven into the bluestone, and a view to the surrounding landscape is framed by the posts of the deck above.
The rear patio is made of large bluestone pieces. Grassy seams between the stone soften the hard surface. Towering evergreens create privacy, drifts of colorful perennials surround the seat walls, and clumps of Aspen trees define the entrance to this enchanting outdoor room.
spfaIspirazione per un ampio patio o portico contemporaneo dietro casa con nessuna copertura e lastre di cemento
Archadeck of AustinThe deck we designed for these clients is elevated but not high enough to require railings. In the areas where a step down was needed, we created a wide, deep step running the length or width of the deck. These wide steps can even provide a convenient place to sit!
Bret Franks Construction, Inc.Immagine di un ampio portico classico davanti casa con pavimentazioni in pietra naturale e un parasole
Mike Farley Pool Designer, SWD, ASLATransitional Infinity Pool with swim up bar and sunken kitchen designed by Mike Farley has a large tanning ledge with Ledge Loungers to relax on, This project has a large fire bar below for entertaining & a large cabana next to the raised spa. Interrior finish is Wet Edge. Drone shot by L. Farley. FarleyPoolDesigns.com
Gale Rew Construction, Inc.Becky Pospical
Special awning window requested by homeowner to easily provide snacks to her family while they are enjoying their pool.
Foto di un ampio patio o portico stile americano dietro casa con lastre di cemento e un tetto a sbalzo
Foto di un ampio patio o portico stile americano dietro casa con lastre di cemento e un tetto a sbalzo
Haver & Skolnick LLC ArchitectsThe outdoor kitchen features fieldstone walls with bluestone counters and copper lanterns.
Robert Benson Photography
Foto di un ampio patio o portico chic dietro casa con pavimentazioni in pietra naturale e nessuna copertura
Foto di un ampio patio o portico chic dietro casa con pavimentazioni in pietra naturale e nessuna copertura
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