Posted in Construction in-progress, conceptual drawing, design principles, renderings on July 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is the 1st of several drawings on this very complicated piece of property. I am going to go through the series of drawings and rehash conversations with the homeowner.
1st problem was how to lower the drive to get into garages-especially the garage door on the right. Tight angle and tough slope. This discrepancy led [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, hardscape design on April 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A couple of days ago I posted on Appreciation of Stone #26, and left a link to where there were more images in my Fotki folder for this job. There was a comment about the brick detail for the drive and after reading that I decided to delve into that aspect of the job a [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, tagged Holmes on Homes, Mike Holmes on April 1, 2007 | 18 Comments »
I’ve pretty much given up on good information from the TV Networks. DIY is not very good, mundane information presented Sesame St. style. HGTV . . . . sheeesh . . . where to start, it wasn’t very good to begin with and has gone steadily downhill, and has for presentation, well . . . [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, design principles, landscape design, waterfeatures on March 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A job I designed a couple of years ago for Enviroscapes, Inc. of Louisville, Ohio was designated the Honors winner in a commercial design category by the OLA, Ohio Landscapers Association. Enviroscapes also won a maintenance award for this project.
I remember very specifically being asked to create a Japanese feel to this landscape. The real [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, Einstein, South Carolina, hardscape design, pergola, terrace on February 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This pergola was designed to guide visitors down a small, simple, straight walkway around to a small hidden seating area, and utility space. It was important that the pergola create some visual interest from afar because it sat at the end of a driveway.
What I would like to point out about this pergola is that [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, design principles, hardscape design, hardscapes, stone on December 27, 2006 | No Comments »
posted, 11/04/06
The journey continues, from Yesterday
Coming off of the Paver patio the walk through the garden continues on the sandstone walkway. To a bridge made of antique curbstone. Pond is on far right. Fire ring area is across the bridge and double waterfalls are on the left.
That mound is artificial. It was built for falls [...]
Posted in Ascension, Construction in-progress, stone on December 23, 2006 | No Comments »
posted, 10/12/06
Setting the Big Boulders !!!!
Now this is fun . . . . More shots of this project at my web-site.
Posted in Construction in-progress, equipment, stone on December 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
posted, 09/00/06
Stihl cut-off saw
This Stihl cut-off saw is often called a “quik-kut” saw or a “quickie” saw. Guys in the trade refer to these saws that way for an obvious reason-they’re fast. They get the job done quickly and for the most part efficiently.
Stihl; of course, is not the only maker of this type of [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, equipment, stone on December 22, 2006 | 2 Comments »
posted, 09/00/06
In order to get this circle . . .
The contractor was trying to get some old foundation stone circled up to create a firepit for a backyard entertaining area. Previous times we would have used a quik-cut saw with a 12″ or 14″ circular blade. Which would have meant more handling of the stone. [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, hardscape design, hardscapes, stone on December 21, 2006 | No Comments »
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.
I have always liked Briar Hill, and will always continue to try and find ways to use it on work I design. The wall stone comes in [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, hardscapes, stone on December 21, 2006 | No Comments »
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. I have other pictures from the quarry here.
This is the final product brick and stone. For fun add a 2,700 lb. bench. Comments? Questions? Okay then, [...]
Posted in Ascension, Construction in-progress, South Carolina, stone on December 21, 2006 | No Comments »
posted; 07/22/06
[Moving a small one]
I posted about this project on Wednesday the 19th, and mentioned something about putting more photos online-well then go here if you have some time to kill.
There are images for the drawings I completed for the proposal and many shots of the job in action, including a traffic jam [...]
Posted in Ascension, Construction in-progress, South Carolina, stone on December 21, 2006 | No Comments »
posted; 07/19/06
I have just put up what I am going to call a “project page” on my website. It concerns this sculptural piece that I named Ascension It is on a hillside going into a large city in South Carolina, and I had hoped it would look like whitewater tumbling off the hillside.
In the above [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress on December 20, 2006 | No Comments »
posted; 06/13/06
It’s great to be able to get a dozer out on the site to move a lot of soil-quickly. Some of these operators are so skilled at moving soil, leveling off, prepping for drainage, etc. That when a job comes along where there are some rolling mounds involved and some interest in the topography-real [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, design principles, plant material on December 20, 2006 | No Comments »
posted; 06/10/06
On Thursday afternoon we had it all going on in trying to create some rolling berms for a residential project. Too often we let the given state of terrain act as a given and do nothing to enhance the typography.
Posted in Construction in-progress, hardscapes, pergola on December 20, 2006 | No Comments »
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 is fine, and the post work with the house.
My area of concern was the walls, planters, etc., do not tie in with the house, and there [...]
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