This adobe-style home and landscape was built with a close eye on conservation. The green-built, solar powered home is tucked into a native landscape that blends in perfect harmony with the environment around it. Natural stone walls and boulders effectively soften the sloped yard creating a meandering path through the native grass and colorful xeric plantings to the courtyard entry. The courtyard wall opens to an oasis filled with colorful perennials, the tranquil sounds of water, the warming glow of a fire, and plenty of patio space for entertaining.

Awards

2010 ALCC ELITE Design/Build Award 

True to adobe style architecture, we created a courtyard by designing an adobe wall across the front of the yard. The wall was paramount in blocking road noise and the headlights from the vehicles at night. The curved path leading up to the courtyard was created by clever terracing of the slope with natural stone walls and boulders. Native grass and plantings complete the sustainable feel and evoke the notion that the home was built around the landscape.