Designing and incorporating an inviting and functional outdoor space in your new home or renovation can provide additional living and entertainment areas while creating a seamless flow between indoors and out. In this blog post, we will explore some tips and tricks to help you maximize your outdoor entertainment area, making it a pleasant and versatile space for year-round use. …
When we’re putting together a design for a garden, a key consideration is the functionality of the planting. We think about whether the planting is being used to screen something off or if it needs a low profile, whether it needs to climb or creep, and whether it is in a tight space. Our final selections for plants are dictated …
Some spaces call for focal elements like garden sculptures and planters to create visual cues that establish hierarchy within the layout. Sculptures and planters can be used to frame entryways, to draw the eye to feature gardens, and sometimes to conceal sins or introduce planting where it would otherwise not be possible. If a sculpture is what you seek then …
We are so lucky to live in Western Australia, our climate and roomy residences allow many of us to exploit the luxury of outdoor living and entertaining throughout the year. Here, bringing the indoors out is a worthwhile project that can be completely life-changing. Our garden designs and renovations usually incorporate many of the comforts and fittings required to make …
Many of Perth’s older suburbs boast beautiful heritage homes with spacious gardens. Heritage homes are known for their unique character and rich history and heritage significance is based on the historic and aesthetic values of the area. If you are fortunate enough to own one of these grand dames of the housing world, you will want to do everything you …
Building a new home from the ground up can be one of the most exciting and rewarding challenges a person can take on. You may have chosen your ideal location, and started the design process with the architect or builder of your choice. Bringing together all of the pieces required to create your dream home from scratch can be daunting. …
With the onset of cooler weather, now is the perfect time to prepare your Perth garden for a transformation. We will be looking at some of the most popular landscape design elements trending in Perth right now to turn your garden into an oasis. 1. Upright post screens and fences – a stylish alternative An upright post fence can provide a …
Pavement style and placement can make or break a landscape design. When performing renovations of existing gardens, the paving is one of the first things we look at. Pavements play a major role in setting the tone of your space, and choosing the right one is dependent on the practicalities of your space, the style of your home and garden, …
Landscape Architecture as a practice involves navigating the relationships between nature, the built environment, and specific human needs. As the body of research into these relationships grows and changes, so too does our practice. The potential opportunities for landscapes to enhance and extend our lives continue to reveal themselves, and because of this, it is important that Landscape Architects continue …
Perth has a delightful Mediterranean climate where balmy summer nights abound. This means that versatile, beautiful outdoor living areas are a must-have. The outdoor barbeque and the sunset soiree are very much a part of the Perth lifestyle. Choosing a unique landscaping style for your home in Perth can be one of the most important decisions you make, and it …
