Backyard space
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about backyard space
Project • By McKinney York Architects • Private Houses
Backyard Art Studio
This art studio was created for a retired art teacher who still loves to create art and share the experience with her two daughters. Her home did not provide adequate guest quarters, so the art studio doubles as a guest/pool house that sleeps four–two in a loft and two more in a queen murphy bed. The back of the murphy bed, along with two other walls in the studio, were clad in a thin layer of painted metal, creating magnetized boards on which to hang art. A library ladder runs the perimeter of the studio, providing access to the loft beds and canvas storage. By moving the column supporting the porch roof out of the plane of the walls, the sliding glass doors can retract to create an uninterrupted, 16-foot wide opening to the outdoors... More
Project • By Surfacedesign, Inc • Residential Landscape
Tank Hill Residential Garden
Perched at the edge of Tank Hill in San Francisco, California, this garden is an exploration of prospect and refuge—both nestling into and perching above the dramatic topography it calls home. In San Francisco, project size is limited by the high cost of living and the city’s topography. This Tank Hill site was embedded in a hillside with a steep, wooded backyard, offering limited outdoor options for its young family. To increase inhabitable space and maximize natural light, Surfacedesign carved into the hillside to create an intimate backyard garden inspired by the client’s affinity for rock-climbing and sculpture. The architectural planes of the retaining walls that structure the garden are explorations of the essence of... More
Project • By Comelite Architecture Structure and Interior Design • Residential Landscape
Modern Classic House Design
Blending the timelessness of the classical style with the clean integrity of the modern look, the Modern Classic House Design located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia is both graceful and charismatic. It is fresh, unique, deceptively simple, and looks positively stunning compared to its urban residential context. With its tall streamlined aesthetic, molded cornices, stylistic grills, scaled fenestrations, and gorgeous surrounding landscape, its beauty and sophistication overwhelms the pursuer. More
Product • By Alpha Wellness Sensations • Outdoor Corten Himalayan Salt Sauna | 6-person Corten steel sauna, salt therapy cabin, halotherapy, backyard wellness retreat
Outdoor Corten Himalayan Salt Sauna | 6-person Corten steel sauna, salt therapy cabin, halotherapy, backyard wellness retreat
A free-standing prefabricated 6-person CorTen steel Himalayan salt sauna with halotherapy option, 220V power requirements, heatproof speakers and chromotherapy feature.
Alpha Wellness Sensations is a global leader in luxury spa manufacturing, indoor and outdoor design of traditional saunas, infrared saunas, steam rooms, hammams, salt rooms, snow rooms, cold plunges, experience showers and tanning beds. Our company runs its own research facility and production capacities in order to provide a wide range of innovative and tailored wellness solutions. All of our products are fabricated in Belgium, 100% hand-crafted and fully compliant with EU’s rigorous product safety standards. Because the world is overwhelmed by environmental pollutio... More
Product • By Alpha Wellness Sensations • Outdoor Luxury Bio-Sauna
Outdoor Luxury Bio-Sauna
A free-standing prefabricated 8-person traditional sauna with 220V power requirements, heatproof speakers and chromotherapy feature.
Alpha Wellness Sensations is a global leader in luxury spa manufacturing, indoor and outdoor design of traditional saunas, infrared saunas, steam rooms, hammams, salt rooms, snow rooms, cold plunges, experience showers and tanning beds. Our company runs its own research facility and production capacities in order to provide a wide range of innovative and tailored wellness solutions. All of our products are fabricated in Belgium, 100% hand-crafted and fully compliant with EU’s rigorous product safety standards. Because the world is overwhelmed by environmental pollution and industrial toxicity, being sus... More
Product • By Alpha Wellness Sensations • Outdoor Wood-Burning Sauna | 6-person traditional sauna, Himalayan salt wall, wood-fired cabin, Finnish sauna experience
Outdoor Wood-Burning Sauna | 6-person traditional sauna, Himalayan salt wall, wood-fired cabin, Finnish sauna experience
A free-standing prefabricated 6-person unit with 220V power requirements, Himalayan salt wall, heatproof speakers and chromotherapy feature.
Alpha Wellness Sensations is a global leader in luxury spa manufacturing, indoor and outdoor design of traditional saunas, infrared saunas, steam rooms, hammams, salt rooms, snow rooms, cold plunges, experience showers and tanning beds. Our company runs its own research facility and production capacities in order to provide a wide range of innovative and tailored wellness solutions. All of our products are fabricated in Belgium, 100% hand-crafted and fully compliant with EU’s rigorous product safety standards. Because the world is overwhelmed by environmental pollution and industrial toxicity, b... More
Product • By Alpha Wellness Sensations • Outdoor Full-Spectrum Infrared Sauna
Outdoor Full-Spectrum Infrared Sauna
A pre-cut 3-person barrel sauna with 220V power requirements, infrared heaters, heatproof speakers and chromotherapy feature.
Alpha Wellness Sensations is a global leader in luxury spa manufacturing, indoor and outdoor design of traditional saunas, infrared saunas, steam rooms, hammams, salt rooms, snow rooms, cold plunges, experience showers and tanning beds. Our company runs its own research facility and production capacities in order to provide a wide range of innovative and tailored wellness solutions. All of our products are fabricated in Belgium, 100% hand-crafted and fully compliant with EU’s rigorous product safety standards. Because the world is overwhelmed by environmental pollution and industrial toxicity, being sustainabl... More