An Appreciation of Stone (8)
posted/09/00/06 Firepit; Rick Anderson style. This is a firepit area I designed for a client, my thought process was simple here: What if Fred Flintstone was a Landscape Designer? Thats […]
Category Archives: hardscapes
An Appreciation of Stone (5)
posted, 08/20/06 The two photos are from a job of mine installed back in the mid-90′s in South Carolina. The stone is from Briar Hill a Stoneyard/Quarry in Central, Ohio. […]
Update on the Terrace
posted,08/15/06 The drawings of the terrace I had been showing over the past couple of days took a final turn yesterday. After e-mailing the client that I had posted the […]
Terrace Design, another attempt
posted; 08/08/06 This job is a prime example of being called in late on the job. The homeowner has committed to certain aspects of the job and is unwilling/unable/inflexible in […]
Waterfall needed
posted; 07/00/06 Yippee !!!! Look what I get to design and work on . . . after the fact. The spa is poured, the walls are up, and the deck […]
Rubber Sidewalks are here
posted; 07/26/06 While perusing through Yahoo news I caught this story about rubber sidewalks. The story refers to doing something with all the tires that we Americans dispose of every […]
Conceptual Drawings for Terrace and Patio
posted; 07/25/06 This is the before picture. Homeowners acting as their own general contractors have called us in late. There is no good access to lower area. The boulder retaining […]
Hardscape Ideas
posted; 07/00/06 Here’s one for you to try, a combination of brick and stone. The small retaining wall stone is sandstone from Briar Hill. It’s a quarry in central Ohio. […]
A Decision Reached
posted; 07/13/06 A couple of posts ago, I talked about this plan view conceptual vs. the other example posted. I discussed the pros and cons of each and added a […]
“Further”Pergola Study, a Color Rendering
posted; 06/21/06 Rendering above was done with Paint.NET which I spoke about on the 19th. It was done in this style so I could e-mail a color conceptual to the […]
Rendering for Administrative Entrance
posted; 06/15/06 I don’t know, I just don’t know . . . . . what really doesn’t work for me is the drawing perspective vs. what I see in my […]
Terrace Design
posted; 06/05/06 This was a proposal for a terrace overlooking a valley in some rolling Ohio farmland. The space was a 100 or so feet from the house and would […]
Architect wins the Pergola Battle (part 3).
posted; 06/03/06 This isn’t exactly what I was hoping the final pergola design would turn out to look like. I think the design of the overhead is fine, the color […]
Previous Front Entry
posted; 05/00/06 This look was coming straight down the stairs, with all vertical movement, and flat to the drive. Yesterday’s image was more steps, shorter risers/wider treads-it will be interesting […]
Pool. Patio, Spa, Pergola, Folly
posted; 04/17/06 This backyard may get to have it all. we are looking at the lower pool area from where the stairs would lead to the lower terrace. This upper […]
