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Nice way to frame the entry

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Fabulous use of color contrast to make the steps seem to float. Lovely geometry detail in the walk. Great texture and depth variation in the low mini wall to right

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Dark color and textures and arrangement

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Driveway

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Nice way to frame the entry, though the specifics probably not right for this context

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Wow love the floating platform and colors

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Absolutely love the mini steps as a way to deal with elevation change

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Floating planes...not anchored right but nice idea

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Love the walkway material and color. Rest is cool but not for this situation

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Nice colors textures and contrasts in the materials

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Another visually interesting example of architectural design elements although these particular forms and materials are probably not best for our situation

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Nice mix of materials, colors and forms, same designer

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Example of how a little variety in fence slat size can add visual interest and modernity without being too busy.

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Less blocking but still the box should be smaller lighter and more to the right

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Wow. Really cool entry and ‘mailbox’ ...for a walk and entrance adjacent to a driveway. except the box form with numbers seems to block the entry rather than invite you in. Seems like you have to walk around it, but I may not be seeing it right.

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Really nice walkway material texture and color, works great with the warm wood. Just too much of it - creates too large a color block (and vertical mini walls don’t work)

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Love the wall holding the street numbers, the dark and shape of the driveway material, like what I’m imagining the white / lighter color walk is made of, because it’s unexpected

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Love how the gradual elevation change is treated with oversized, floating steps

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Love the floating entry steps.

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Lovely example of using architectural pots and plants. Drama. Nice.

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Another way a low transparent fence can create visual separation while feeling open and inviting. Don’t like the materials just the example

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Interesting use of a tall planter...might be nice to incorporate at street sidewalk entry or near house, brings visually interesting plants closer to eye so you can notice and appreciate their detailed shapes, colors and textures.

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Nice contrast and colors...like the steel edging (Cor-ten in small size just to get the color?). Like the stones and colors. Would use a darker more grey blue paver and probably in a different material like slate or stone vs concrete.

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From the house view of the architectural framing and anchoring detail saved earlier

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Another angle...absolutely love this, until the 70’s / 80’s bit near the door. What’s going on in the background...? Another framing piece? Cool.

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Loving the little low wall and especially love the ‘floating’ seat bench. So light but still so solid. It’s like visual magic to me when elements float in space while still being strongly anchored. Frank Lloyd Wright was a master of this.

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Absolutely love the use of a low height wall - another ‘from the door’ view angle on the same prior front view. Love the way the pavers are offset. Geometry and clean, simple but not too rigid. Absolutely hate the lower right brick and flagstone....what were they thinking? They had this really cool thing going. I also didn’t mention in the front view prior how I liked the way a mix of stones also softened the hard edges of the strong forms. Along with the plants, but the plants alone don’t create the full softening effect.

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Another really lovely use of warm materials and solid forms to frame the entrance. In this design, the plant selection softens the hard edges of the entry framing forms.

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Love the walkway design. Really architectural, brings two unexpected materials together in a really fresh way.

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Love the idea of a signature tree, though maybe not this one. Could also be really inviting to have a bit of shade tree ‘inside’ the recaptured front space / patio, given it’s a full sun location from sunrise to 3/4 pm.

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Love the way this architectural detail frames and anchors the entry. Strong visual messaging in a very simple, modest, understated way. Love the house numbers at the street, rather than ‘hanging on the house’ like the vast majority.

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Love the way this feels...the geometric paver settings, the warm brown and rust colors integrated with the cool pavers and gravel.

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Really cool and very unexpected walkway materials and designs. Love the bold, modern house numbers although these are too big for our application. (low light backlit would be a nice add and be readable for guests in winter and during ‘standard time’. )

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Close up view...’platform’ is a great way to dress up a cheap looking house, just too busy with competing design vocabulary

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Love the grey stone pavers, and the succulents dividing and framing them. Some specific plants in front of house. The rest is awful.

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Like the staggered entry geometry and the low profile and transparent fence, which frames the space and demarcates the entry without closing it down. In both I would use different materials but the design ideas are attractive

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Love the way the green succulents contrast with the grey blue river rocks. Dislike the poured concrete and steel.

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Love the grey stone pavers, succulents, and the slightly rusty orange rock ‘mulch’. Dislike the way the pavers are set.

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Interesting colors in the stone, would complement our scheme. More unexpected than grey blue river rocks.

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Like the stone paver material much nicer than concrete. Like the mixture of grey blue river rocks and pavers

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Like the way the hard scape creates a platform for and presents an otherwise uninteresting house. Don’t like the mix of materials, pick one and make a design theme. I love the way the street side paver seems to ‘float’. I love ‘floating planes’ in design and architecture

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Like the geometry

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Potentially interesting flowering tree...not familiar with this...

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Mix of warm wood and cool, blue-grey hues, would tie in beautifully with our navy, grey, white color palette

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Like the approach pavers separated by ground cover...have used blue star creeper for that at an earlier house but there are several good options. Dislike very much the amount of poured white concrete ...makes it look cheap and feel heavy

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Love the warm wood walkway, would tie in well with our navy, grey, white scheme

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This may be crazy, or not fit, or work with the recapture of front space...but I wonder what a little creek would look like, in front, real or with grey river rocks...with a flat planar ‘bridge’ ...adaptation of this idea...

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Like the think horizontal slat fence, would tie in to our colors well. I also think the visual lightness and transparency makes it easier to get approved. It’s more like a screen than a wall or solid fence. Wonder what a little modern variety in horizontal slat size would look like. Might be cool, or get too busy and defeat the lightness and transparency.

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