Spaces & Architecture · A ruined backyard, turned Mediterranean
The Courtyard
From a cracked concrete slab to a walled Mediterranean retreat: same footprint, five moves, and the plan that gets there.
The brief, verbatim
Show me a picture of a backyard that is in terrible shape and show me how to can transform it to an another living and entertainment area with a pool and living spaces
What the studio made
A before-and-after book: the yard as found, the change in one side-by-side glance, then the plan zone by zone — tumbled travertine relaid over the slab, a pool set into the dead corner, an oak pergola carrying wisteria over an outdoor kitchen with a limestone counter, a long table for eight, and olive, cypress, rosemary and lavender in aged terracotta — closing on the five moves in order.
The finished work
Build your own
You have something to build. Brief the studio in plain English and watch a room of specialists build it.
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