Stunning contemporary coastal home which saw native emotive plants soften the homes masculine form and help connect it to it's laid back beachside setting. We designed everything externally including the outdoor kitchen, pool & spa. Architecture by Planned Living Architects Construction by Powda Constructions Photography by Derek Swalwell

photography by Tre Dunham

Scarborough House was a contemporary challenge as the design process debate centred around—“to build new or not to build new, that is the question”. The project ended up embracing the existing structure, challenging our design team to work in stride with the spatial conditions of the 1980’s build (completion Spring 2014). Clean, simple lines, enhanced by wood details both on the exterior and interior elevate this house to a contemporary aesthetic. The color palette and millwork detailing of the interiors is earthy, casual, luxurious, sophisticated—Shugarman’s design sensibility through and through. The spaces are carefully ordered, orchestrating the light of a moody and ever changing Calgary climate. Photo Credit: David Troyer

casual dining under a tigerwood ceiling on an ipe deck adjacent to a light limestone patio with an outdoor kitchen for a chef designed & built by austin outdoor design photo by ryann ford

Brigid Arnott - photographer

The new house sits back from the suburban road, a pipe-stem lot hidden in the trees. The owner/building had requested a modern, clean statement of his residence. A single rectangular volume houses the main program: living, dining, kitchen to the north, garage, private bedrooms and baths to the south. Secondary building blocks attached to the west and east faces contain special places: entry, stair, music room and master bath. The modern vocabulary of the house is a careful delineation of the parts - cantilevering roofs lift and extend beyond the planar stucco, siding and glazed wall surfaces. Where the house meets ground, crushed stone along the perimeter base mimics the roof lines above, the sharply defined edges of lawn held away from the foundation. It's the movement through the volumes of space, along surfaces, and out into the landscape, that unifies the house. ProArc Photography

E2 Homes Modern ipe deck and landscape. Landscape and hardscape design by Evergreen Consulting. Architecture by Green Apple Architecture. Decks by Walk on Wood Photos by Harvey Smith

Entertaining area in spectacular Mosman residence.

Roof top garden designed with various areas for entertaining.

ErIc Rorer

www.philippecharlot.com

Nice combination of glass, metal and ipee, iron wood decking for northwest living. Beautiful backyard retreat

Andrew Snow Photography © Houzz 2012

Photography by Emily Andrews