Erica Shi & Rita Lin

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The book collects and documents the latest international award-winning landscape projects. In no other publication will the reader encounter such excellent mansions. The projects are organized by categories such as see view villa, mountain view villa, small and traditional, simple style, Japanese Garden style and so on.The best design of contemporary mansions outdoor spaces and gardens lays more emphasize on garden landscape, architecture’s social and cultural meaning, design idea, use of plants and materials, and dividing and combinating space. The end results are designs in which landscape, architecture and site cohere both aesthetically and functionally.

ISBN 978-988-15902-3-7

Sea View VillaMountain View Villa

Small and TraditionalSimple Style

Japanese Garden StyleModern Villa

European-style MansionAmerican-style Mansion

Garden StyleClassic Design

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HOUSE LANDSCAPE

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ISBN 978-988-15547-7-2Printed in China

Mt. Eliza House

Lunada Bay Residence

The Alila Villa

Tables of Water

The Horizon Garden

Elie Saab Residence

Padaro Lane

House Garden at Kiel Fjord

Landes Residence

Beach House

Lipson Residence

Private Residence

Mountain House

Kaufmann House

The Belvedere Garden on Beverly Hills

Lee Landscape with Ease and Comfort

Farrar Pond Residence

Entrance Garden of Hilltop Residence

Bassil Mountain Escape

Quartz Mountain Residence

Ketchum Residence

Pamet Villa

Contents

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Small and Traditional106

146

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144Simple Style220

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270

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Japanese Garden Style194

Modern Villa

Backyard of a Bungalow Residence

Meditative Spiritual Garden House

Vermont Pool & Pool House

Island Modern

Turtle Creek Pump House

Turner Cottage

Magnolia Courtyard

Panama Garden

Woodland Pool

Fusion Style Garden

Children’s Garden

Landscape for Living

Stone Edge Farm

Ward Residence

Greenwich Penthouse

Manhattan Roof Terrace

Wallace K. Harrison Summer House

Marin County Residence

House by the Creek Residence

Private Residence Garden Of Planes

The Pool House

Ambiguous Space

Space above Cloud

Garden Now

Garden Now [Heaven]

Cave Garden

Subtracted Garden

Sound Garden

Garden of Red Direction

Garden without Direction

Speckman House Landscape

Sonoma Vineyard

“Nest” Venice Beach

Red Rocks Residence

Vienna Way Residence

Berkeley Residence

Villa Garden Heldmann

Ivy Street Roof Terrace

The Lekander Residence

The Florida Garden

Contents

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European-Style274

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304American-Style Mansion

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390

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Garden Style362

Classic Design

White Residence

Malinalco House

Choupique House

Garden Orono

Island Drive Cottage

Sager Residence

Antoon Residence

7 Acre Garden

Rosner Residence

Shark key Garden

Hughes Residence

Thompson’s Point Residence

Minikes Residence

Landscape At Villa Entrance

Villa Garden Bogenhausen

The Designers Residence

The Glazer Residence

Casperson Residence

Duval House

The Private Luxury Residential

McGeady Residence

Baroda Garden

Stockman Residence

Wadsworth Residence

Stern Residence

Sullivan Residence

The French Residence

The Lakeside Residence

Howie Residence

Burley Villa

Claiborne Parish Residence

Typical Linear Residential Garden

Lynne Residence

Two Rivers Residence

Woody Creek Garden

Private Residence – Alt-Stralau

Lily Lake Residence

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Mt. Eliza House

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Project Location: Melbourne, AustraliaDesign Company: rush\wright associatesArchitect: Bird de la CoeurProject Type: Residential Landscape Client: E & J Nickson

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The design intention for this coastal residential property was to closely integrate the house with the surrounding bushland. The award-winning house, designed in clusters for multi-generational living, is subject to strong winds and harsh coastal conditions which provided some design challenges. These were met by working with the environment, the buildings angles and level changes to create a series of native planting areas that give the appearance of being woven into the structure of the building. These plants include Coastal Banksia (Banksia integrifolia), Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos varieties) and strappy foilage plants such as Dialella tasmanica. Sand beds and rock mulch were used to work with the environmental constraints to create a dramatic yet harmonious atmosphere.At the front of the house thin garden beds meld from the lawn area onto the gravel path. Their pattern enhances the views to the ocean and the planting provides screening for privacy.A rectangular swimming pool is placed to link the view of the ocean, again creating a sense of harmony with the surrounding environment. The pool has a spillover that prevents the surface from being whipped up into waves in windy conditions. A low sand garden was positioned in front of the pool, containing coastal groundcovers that border and spill across the area to create a beach effect.This design displays thoughtful decision making in regards to native planting and material choices, and as such is a beautiful example of a low maintenance and drought tolerant landscape. No irrigation systems were installed on the site and the plants grow well, unaided in these conditions.

1.Careful positioning of the long rectangular pool gives the appearance of it disappearing into the sea.

2.Natural hardscape elements such as sandstone and Crushed Hillview gravel are used in combination with native plants throughout the site, to create an organic, harmonious atmosphere.

3.The house and garden lit at night.

4.Sand and sandstone are the key hardscape elements of this design, as a tribute to the surrounding coastal landscape.

5.Native Anigozanthos flavidus adds colour to the earthy landscape of the sandstone courtyard.

6.View of the house from the sandstone courtyard.

7.Natural hardscape elements such as sandstone and Crushed Hillview gravel are used in combination with native plants throughout the site, to create an organic, harmonious atmosphere.

8.Natural hardscape elements such as sandstone and Crushed Hillview gravel are used in combination with native plants throughout the site, to create an organic, harmonious atmosphere.