World-Inspired Green Home Design Photos
Jay Sifford Garden DesignWe needed a bridge to cross the dry creek bed, so I designed a version of a Japanese yatsuhashi, or zig zag, bridge. It is clad in concrete backer board. I wanted to simulate a granite mountain plateau with a boulder peak. The client purchased the concrete lantern which perfectly complements the entrance to this woodland garden.
Photo by Jay Sifford
Modern Landscaping, Inc.A formidable pallet of Asian style plant species along with traditional bamboo construction and meandering stone and gravel pathways.
Elite Design GroupHere’s an amazing ranch house plan in the Craftsman Asian Prairie style. The master suite features a stunning master bath and his and her’s walk-in closets. The fourth suite offers flexible space for either a study/home office, a guest suite or mother-in-law suite. Other popular features in this open floor plan include a large great room overlooking an open veranda, gourmet kitchen with breakfast area, formal dining space, a large bonus room, and a garage with spacious 3-car dimensions.
First Floor Heated: 3,151
Master Suite: Down
Second Floor Heated: 536
Baths: 3.5
Third Floor Heated:
Main Floor Ceiling: 10′
Total Heated Area: 3,687
Specialty Rooms: Bonus Room
Garages: Three
Bedrooms: Four
Footprint: 86′-4″ x 70′-6″
EDG Plan Collection
Hortus OasisThe unity of materials (concrete stepping stones, cast benches, Mexican beach pebbles) tie the gardens together. The gaps that are partially shaded year 'round are planted with dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Nana’).
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Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio (JMMDS)A former raised ranch turned glassy, open structure with views from front to back looks out onto a geometric Japanese garden. JMMDS designed a landscape journey that encircles the house made of a simple palette of bluestone squares and oblongs that travel over gravel, grass, and plantings to end up at a little teahouse on a hill. While Japanese in spirit, the garden is designed using distinctly un-Japanese forms: circles, squares, and S-curves. Photo: Grey Crawford. Published in Outside the Not So Big House by Julie Moir Messervy and Sarah Susanka and used with permission of The Taunton Press.
RFL INCProperty Beautification by Rob, Plants, Palms, Lighting, Pavers, Travertine, Pool Waterfall and More.
All Backyard FunA beautiful ocean-bluff view overlooking a surfing hot-spot. The Oriflamme Fire Table Patented Sun Burner design is a great way to bring the customer's style to their fire table. The flame dances off the reflective glass and also off the glass railing on the deck, all while keeping the heat in from those cool ocean breezes. The easy-set up of this fire table was great for these self-proclaimed beach-bums.
Hortus OasisTo counteract the formidable placement of the pool (diagonal to the house), a stronger diagonal was developed by placing a sunning deck, which appears to float, and a dining pergola at 90 degrees to the pool. These hardscape elements set the stage for an exotic, tropically themed sanctuary.
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