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McLean Quinlan Integrates a Home within a Valley Using Local Materials

Stone-clad rural house set within a valley landscape, with a pitched slate roof, salvaged stone walls, climbing vegetation, and a narrow water feature marking the approach through garden planting and hedgerows.

McLean Quinlan integrates a contemporary home within a valley, using local stone, landscape-led design, and articulated architecture.

KAA Design Group Reconnects a Coastal Home Through Courtyard and Garden

Entry garden at a Palos Verdes coastal home by KAA Design Group, featuring native planting, a sculptural olive tree, concrete walls, and a black steel gate framing the arrival sequence.

KAA Design Group reimagines a coastal home in Palos Verdes through courtyard and garden, reconnecting architecture to site, light, and ocean views.

Openspace Architecture & Paul Sangha Creative Weaves Japanese Design into Contemporary Living

Contemporary West Coast residence set within a forested landscape, featuring deep overhanging eaves, stone and wood materials, covered outdoor living areas, and a terraced patio with a linear fire feature overlooking the surrounding trees at golden hour.

Openspace Architecture weaves Japanese-influenced West Coast modernism into a forested Vancouver Island landscape, integrating architecture, site, and waterfront living.

Taller Bác Turns Challenging Topography into Habitable Spaces

A stone terrace with a linear water feature bordered by low concrete walls, leading to a tree framed by dense, lush vegetation in the background.

Taller Bác transforms a sloped, waterlogged garden in Guadalajara into a habitable platform blending architecture and landscape.

Mohr-Avidan Designs a Garden Where Texture Defines Every Outdoor Room

A view of a contemporary home framed by a naturalistic garden, where winding gravel paths weave through layered plantings of grasses, shrubs, and perennials in soft, muted tones, creating a textured landscape that blends seamlessly with the surrounding trees.

Mohr-Avidan creates a garden of layered plant textures and intimate outdoor rooms, balancing structure and softness with timeless simplicity.

Henry Blakely Landscapes Blends Modern Warmth with Rural Simplicity

A sweeping view of the garden’s central outdoor living area with bronze ornamental grasses framing a fire pit and lounge chairs.

Henry Blakely Landscapes crafts a serene, modern country garden defined by texture, restraint, and seamless outdoor living.

CLB Architects Designs a Sculptural Mountain Retreat to Age Gracefully

A modern mountain home by CLB Architects sits nestled among tall pine trees in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The house features a weathered Corten steel exterior that blends seamlessly with the natural surroundings, echoing the warm tones of the forest. Elevated slightly above the rugged, grassy terrain, the structure’s clean lines and minimalist form contrast beautifully with the wild landscape. A bright patch of yellow wildflowers and scattered boulders add to the home’s harmonious integration with nature.

CLB Architects’ elevated design preserves rugged topography while showcasing a disciplined palette of corten steel, larch wood, and concrete.

Kate Patterson Landscape Design Juxtaposes Bold Architecture with Expressive Plantings

Front elevation of Scotchmans Farm featuring a modern farmhouse with dark standing seam metal roofs, rammed earth walls, and minimalist landscaping by Kate Patterson Landscape Design, including a central tree framed by ornamental grasses and a low stone wall.

Kate Patterson Landscape Design crafts a layered rural garden that contrasts bold architecture with soft, expressive plantings.

King’s Gardens & Pools Crafts a Vibrant Tiered Country Garden

A lush, modern country garden designed by King’s Gardens & Pools in Surf Coast, Victoria, featuring a glass-fenced swimming pool surrounded by sun loungers and umbrellas, vibrant perennial flower beds in the foreground, manicured lawns, and a contemporary single-story home with a covered patio and natural stone detailing, all set against a backdrop of mature native trees.

King’s Gardens and Pools transforms a Surf Coast property into a timeless retreat with tiered lawns, vibrant plantings, and sweeping vistas.

Arcanum Architecture Connects History and Innovation Through Design

arcanum architecture uses stone and 3 contemporary buildings to create a courtyard for a winery

Arcanum Architecture blends heritage and craft at Stewart Cellars, redefining the winery tasting-room with timeless, site-driven design.

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