This contemporary home was a new build situated in a semi-rural neighborhood. Stride Studios sought to bridge the simplicity of the home’s architecture with the naturalistic property surrounding it. The materials that made up the palette for the pavements, steps and walls were buff-colored limestone, black slate, steel, stucco, and brick with manganese, iron-spot coloring. As the client had a fondness for grasses and soft textures, we incorporated many types of ornamental grasses, sedges and slender perennials into the garden beds. Garden beds adjacent to the home structures had more rigid lines, and incorporate more block style plantings that echo the strong contemporary architecture of the home, while the garden beds outside the arrival court and swimming pool area transitioned to curve linear lines with looser organic mixes of plants that reflect the properties natural edges.
Home architecture: Drawing Dept. Home builder: DBGC, Inc.
Photography: Bill Ripley and Ross Van Pelt.