ARTISAN CALIFORNIA CONTEMPORARY, LOS ALTOS HILLS, 2010
Leah Drake of Drake Design Associates was the lead designer on the collaborative team, Artisan Home Resorts, for this lovely hilltop home overlooking Silicon Valley. Its owners remodeled the home from the ground up to achieve a contemporary prairie style look, and our award winning landscape design took cues from the architectural details of the home. All elements, including the outdoor furniture, fencing, gates, decking, the Outdoor Entertainment Room, outdoor kitchen, the back pool and patio, state of the art dimmable LED outdoor lighting design, were created collaboratively with the clients and the installation team. The Rainwater Catchment system engineered by Earthcraft Landscape Design collects roofwater for the irrigation system, and all storm water runoff is channeled to a native meadow bioswale, and percolates on site. The landscape includes meadow grasses, colorful and vibrant native plants and sculptural art pieces such as a gas fire bowl with a birds nest in the center, and an outdoor shower that functions as a water wall fountain. This project won the Purissima Hills Water District's Water Conservation Award in 2010, and the outdoor shower was published in California Home Magazine, 2011.
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Outdoor Entertainment Room with water curtains and sculptural concrete support columns, custom designed cast furnishings. Floor is concrete that replicates the real look and feel of wood. (By Studio Replica)
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Elevation for Concept of Outdoor Room
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Outdoor Room Sofa and Fire table
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Elevation of Concept for Outdoor Room
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Perspective drawing of concept for Back Patio
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Back patio spa and sofa
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Back Patio, Pool and Sofa
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Custom Outdoor shower and water walls (Studio Replica)
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Firebowl concept by Drake Design, custom built by Creative Gates
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Back meadow lawn with curved walls for interest
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Overall Plan View
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Front ipe dining deck and cable wire railing
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Front entry garden, with succulents and natives
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Decomposed Granite walks and Prairie style lawns and plantings
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Erosion control native and drought tolerant planting and dry stack stone walls on slopes
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Prairie Style plantings
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Front gardens (note the underground rainwater tank manhole!)
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Front gardens (note the underground rainwater tank manhole!)
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Bioswale/Raingarden for storm water runoff attracts local beneficial wildlife
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Decorative Drain Grates
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