Landscaping/Outdoor Spaces

Taalman Architecture, Terremoto, and interior designer Kathryn McCullough honor the past while transforming a compact Mount Washington cabin into a family retreat.

Fung + Blatt Architects evolves a San Marino midcentury into a creative retreat that converses with nature.

A custom-made sofa fills the wall, with a coffee table from Sun City Exports. The rug is from West Elm.

A custom dining table by Studio Urban Form + Objects is surrounded by chairs from Design Bee. An antique trunk has been repurposed into a coffee bar. The caste bronze sculpture seat is by Studio Urban Form + Objects.

The couple bought the Phantom Hands bench before knowing where it would go in the finished home. "As architects, we are always looking at new furniture,

Views from the atrium allow Sarah and Dylan to appreciate the garden year-round, and also serves to physically connect the two buildings that border the garden. The brick building is the former book bindery, and the concrete block building now is the rental property.

“The soils on site were heavily compacted and essentially useless from a plant-growth standpoint,” says Blanding.

An outdoor kitchen was a request from Sarah and Dylan, who enjoy cooking and entertaining.

The different areas of the garden accommodate different uses that are flexible and can be rearranged.

The home and garden are located in A

Knight laid out the landscape plantings around the duplex, which he delineated with Hardie board and wood siding, both painted in Benjamin Moore’s Burnt Sienna. He also built the low front fence out of rough-sawn cedar.

Operable polycarbonate panels and metal grates let sun and air permeate this double-decker home in São Paulo.

"Living in your own native Oak grove feels like living in a natural park, and yet the property is conveniently just minutes to downtown Malibu,

The Concrete Collaborative Trestles Circle Breeze Blocks in Beige add an elevated architectural pattern to a simple block bench capped with natural wood.