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The lush courtyard of a home set in Savannah's Historic District.
Mill Valley Cabins
Mill Valley Cabins
In addition to an expansive hillside garden the home also offers off-street parking for five cars.
The main living space opens to a lush tropical garden.
Astounding views of palm trees and the surrounding Palm Springs landscape are provided from 360-degree exterior views.
Viewing Decks and Infinity Pool
Each villa is equipped with its own salt-water swimming pool and outdoor shower.
A look at the rear of the home.
Plenty of light can enter the living area through the peaceful backyard garden.
The narrow, elongated pool with a vertical green wall can be seen from inside the apartment.
Hutchins and Montague worked with Samuel H. Williamson Associates Landscape Architecture on the garden, which is planted with sword ferns, vine maple, and wild ginger. “When we look at it from the bedroom, it’s our private little forest,” Montague says.
The underside of the overhanging roof represents the area's local craftsmanship.
The outdoors is easily accessed from every room, showcasing a mix of large specimen trees, drought tolerant plants, and decomposed granite and river rock.
An outdoor kitchen in the lush, backyard garden.
Inspiring views can be had from every angle on the terrace.
A view of the pool from the terrace.
Each features its own custom teak soaking tubs placed under illuminating skylights. Balancing touches like sand-colored, full-height limestone walls evoke a California spirit.
No two suites are the same, and the modernized rooms are artfully designed to incorporate Japanese elements, such as tatami mats and shoji screens.
Garden Balcony
Garden Elevation
A fountain that spills into a palm sheltered pond at the entry.
After purchasing a thin, L-shaped lot in Tokyo, Tamotsu Nakada asked architect and friend Koji Tsutsui to create an open-plan concrete home to fit the site.
In the front courtyard, a raised bluestone patio was built off the new kitchen for casual meals and entertaining. The Eames Molded Plastic Chairs are from Herman Miller. The dining table and benches are from Room & Board.
From the back patio, stone steps lead down to the lake.
A spacious outdoor deck with a path that leads down to the lake.
Exposed structural members reach outwards and are painted a silver hue.
The ADU shares the backyard of the main home, but gabion retaining walls (rocks in wire cages) and an elevated terrace gives it an intimate space of its own.
Tall Stacks In reworking the landscape, Neely added 1950s ceramic sculptures by Malcolm Leland, who calls them “modern totem poles.”
“I love the look of mass plantings,” notes Neely, near Mexican feather grasses--which thrive on the sunny lot.
Fashion designer Josie and her husband Ken Natori are big fans of traditional Japanese architecture, so when Brooklyn-based practice Tsao & McKown Architects designed their home in Pound Ridge, New York, they used a heavy, exposed-timber structure, and included Japanese-style gardens and landscaping.
The west patio
The west patio opens up to a grass area that can be enjoyed by many.
Lynn
The east patio overlooks a line of yaupon holly trees
The entrance to the house is marked by a triangular awning. “It’s just enough to protect the front door,” says Merrill, “and then it sheds water into a small garden between the garage and the house.”
Behind her is the greenhouse, where Lynn starts vegetables like lettuce, Swiss chard, and tomatoes. Landscape architect David Hocker defined the sunken fire pit area with Cor-Ten steel.
Since the front door is located in the exterior wall, residents first enter a vast garden before reaching the gable roof house.
Bullock joined Perkins+Will in 1988 and has been a principal since 2005. She is managing principal for the King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which is under construction
A living wall by Habitat Horticulture brings life to the compact backyard.
The first floor with bedrooms overlooking rooftop gardens.
The entry, with a glimpse of the front garden.
The backyard
Trainor planted native grasses and yarrow as a visual buffer between the house and the natural site. Feldman chose Douglas fir beams as the board forms for the site-poured concrete walls. “The rough texture of the concrete helps tie the house to this dynamic and wild setting,” he says.
The entry consists of a wide foyer which opens dramatically into a large living area. The space is flooded with natural light thanks to a wall of glass sliding doors which open onto a patio that leads to an outdoor pool with a distinctly vintage vibe.
Tall tropical planting creates privacy and shade while the lush tropical foliage softens the look of the concrete building and pavers. The lignum vitae in front of the wall creates additional privacy for the owners.
The rear of the house features Victorian brick, a modern extension, and Velfac windows. Landscape designer Matthew Wright was inspired by the art of Henri Rousseau when choosing plants to set amid the garden’s Dorset pebbles.
A porch extension of glass and corten steel was added to this renovated Italian country house. From within the views connect the porch to the outdoor, but from outside, the reflection of the glass volume reflects the natural landscape taking on the skin of green.
29th Street Residence in San Francisco, California
The couple source ideas for their garden from their trips to Japan.
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Whether it's a backyard patio, an infinity pool, or a rooftop terrace, these modern outdoor spaces add to the richness of daily life. Escape into nature, or get lost in city views. Wherever you are, let these outdoor photos take you somewhere new with inspirational ideas for yards, gardens, outdoor tubs and showers, patios, porches, and decks.

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