But cultivating a lawn and a property’s plantings requires planning and proper execution to have an idyllic outdoor space ...

Landscape Architecture Visit: Bohemian Surf House in Santa Cruz, Where the Land Meets the Sea. ... Above: A true focal point in the interior courtyard is the custom tile fireplace by.

While the traditional elements of Japanese gardens—stone, water, gravel, pruned pines, and asymmetry—are rooted in ...

Many landscapes are lovely in your neighborhood, but there is one that stands above the rest. Everything seems just right as you move through the space. A beckoning bench appears just where you'd ...

In my professional opinion there are five basic design principles that all successful landscapes truly need: repetition, scale, dominance, balance and unity. Last week, we covered scale. Now, we will ...

Your entry, no matter how small, also has a focal point. Most likely you will be creating one unless you have niches, unique architectural features or the shape itself stands on its own.

To find a room’s focal point, empty a room of everything. That way you can look at the room’s bones and best features. If you’re starting with your family or living room, a fireplace, a ...

BIG and dencityworks | architecture shared renderings of 175 Third Street, a 27-story tower with 1,000 residential units—250 of which affordable—perched above a public park that lines the ...

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Completed in 2012 in Daegu, South Korea. Images by Wan Soon Park. The architecture of the River Culture Pavilion ( ARC ) is an powerful formal statement that combines nature, technology and space.

The doorway of the house usually serves as the focal point; landscape plants should draw the eye to that focal point. The best designs are simple, easily maintained, landscapes without frills and ...