Modern house with flat roof, surrounded by trees and landscaped garden with red and green plants, blue sky with clouds.
Modern house with a flat roof, surrounded by trees and landscaped garden with pink and green plants, under a blue sky with clouds.

Palo Alto Residence

Featuring screening maple trees and a privacy threshold wall, the landscape design echoes the relationship between public and private space. By using distinct plant types to flank the free-standing wall, the design creates a clear separation for the client's frontage. The maple trees are strategically mirrored in front of the living room, blocking unsightly views of the neighborhood while providing a serene, natural outlook

A landscape architecture plan showing trees, shrubs, and a small pool, with markings and labels indicating different plant types and layout details.
A colored architectural drawing showing two cross-sections of a landscape design. The left side features a bedroom, walkway, seating area, raised planter, entry planting, and sidewalk, with a property line marked. The right side shows a walkway, an artistic element, seating, entry wall, entry planting, and sidewalk, also marked with a property line.
Architectural plan for sunlight and wind study of a building, showing sun paths, wind directions, shading analysis, and data visualizations with wind rose maps and annotations.
Architectural plan of an artistic garden with zones for entry, seating, meditation, and water features, including fountains, gardens, wind buffers, and screening areas.
Modern house with minimalist landscaping featuring a red tree, green shrubs, and a stone pathway leading to the entrance.
Modern house entrance with a red-leafed tree, landscaped garden, and concrete pathway.

Street Entry

Front Yard “Layers”

Side Yard Entry

Modern house exterior with stone and wood accents, landscaped walkway, colorful trees, and a yellow school bus parked nearby.
A narrow garden pathway beside a modern white house with black-framed windows, bordered by pink flowering bushes and green shrubs, with tall trees in the background.

Different Grasses to separate public and private