| Cliff House
Monte Sereno, California
The dramatic architecture of this house, combined with a rugged hillside
and panoramic valley views, provides the framework for the pool and garden
design. The skillful and elegant use of raw building materials for the
house was carried into the garden. Slab granitic limestone, polished concrete
walls, stainless steel and teak are the materials which hold the project
together.
A deck level infinity edge lap pool hangs on the edge of the hillside,
and infinity spa hovers on a nearby terrace, and a wall-of-water fountain
may be found in the front garden. A grid of limestone paving wraps the
house and a series of concrete walls hold back the hillside. Plantings
above are native, and below, adjacent to the house, are Mediterranean.
The home and garden meld seamlessly in modern, elegant simplicity. spaces.
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