Forest Hill Residence

Warm contemporary

Forest Hill Residence

The design is a direct continuation of the residence’s modern architecture, which is contemporary and strongly angular yet very grounded in natural materials such as stone and wood cladding. The landscape maintains the same bold geometry of the renovation, coupled with a contrasting

Status: Built

purple-and-gold year-round colour palette. New specimen and ornamental trees structure the layout of the yard along with broad planting beds, creating a series of semi-private/semi-public spaces around the entire property.

Layered walls and stairs lead from the driveway up to the main door.

A series of stone plinths are embedded in the garden for the owner's display of sculptures

Initial concept sketch for the front yard

 

The front steps and walls repeat the architecture planes and materials of the building in the landscape.