This environmentally savvy house and garden in Mexico is based on universal design principles.
Well-connected outdoor spaces keep the conversation going at a Virginia home.
Indoors and outdoors are connected by this Phoenix house.
Aside from its Mediterranean climate and postcard-ready natural beauty, Sonoma, Calif., has a number of claims to fame.
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Presented with a large, perfectly flat site surrounded by preserved farmland and ocean views, it's easy to imagine any number of ways to fill the void with a house, garage, pool, and vegetable garden. A common solution might have been to cluster the buildings and recreational amenities together...
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"I'm always happiest in a house when I can't imagine it existing without the landscape,” says architect Ron Radziner, FAIA. His home in Venice, Calif., is all but inseparable from the thicket of rushes and sedges, sycamores, and oaks that fill the 65-foot-by-175-foot lot. Interwoven with plantings...
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Water-conserving landscaping is no longer reserved for dusty yards in Southwestern states. As more developers and landscape architects foresee water shortages for even historically rain-rich regions, they're designing private lawns and common spaces with deep-rooted native plants that thrive with...
Everyone loves the idea of camping. Part of the allure is in breaking down the barriers between human and landscape. Peeling off our layers of protective covering, we expose our nerve endings to keener feeling. We revel in small observations that typically escape our notice, while at the same time...
Growing consumer interest in low-maintenance alternatives to traditional building materials is having a real effect on the residential decking market: By 2011, wood-plastic composites will account for almost a quarter of all residential decking sales, predicts The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based...