Saint John’s Dominick Park
Saint John’s Dominick Park On Cathedral Square North This small memorial park is dedicated to Peter Dominick Jr., a former prominent Denver architect. The inlaid labyrinth was inspired by one...
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Hillside Terrace
Retaining wall stone is used to create wider terraces with short separated stairways to the top of the hillside. The backyard was further enhanced with a new composite deck, airy...
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Garden Habitat
Xeriscape Honor Roll, Denver Water Department 2001 This Lakewood residence was typical of the post-war suburban style of the 1950s–all lawn and pfitzers. Our design solution introduced semi-arid Rocky Mountain...
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Estes Park Mountain
This Estes Park site is in a broad open valley, exposed to winter winds. The primary concern was creating windbreaks to control snowdrifts and screen off neighboring houses. Large, sculpted...
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Steele Street
Small, separated lawn areas, old concrete walkways, broken-up patio, and sagging aluminum patio cover prevented enjoyment of the area, and was used mainly by the family dog and for general...
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Cherry Creek Courtyard
This contemporary urban courtyard had serious storm drainage problems. Drainage pipes were laid to carry the runoff away from the building. Brick pavers were selected to match the existing architecture...
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Renovations
There are often many complex challenges in older, established landscapes. Art of the Land explores a variety of solutions to create spirited, practical environments. We Integrate formal, aesthetic designs into...
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Genesee Golden
Forty tons of granite moss rock were added to form the dry waterscape that descends through the natural rock formations, appearing to having always been there....
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Wheat Ridge Rural
This Wheat Ridge home is in a hilly well-established neighborhood with a backyard abruptly sloping down to a large pond. There were problems with runoff from adjacent properties and the...
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Washington Park
This Washington Park bungalow needed a pleasant path from the front to the backyard. A cottage garden pathway was constructed of irregularly placed flagstones, along with lush, shade-loving plants. A...
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Victorian Stonewall
Flagstone sidewalks and retaining walls line the street of this Victorian neighborhood. A curving flagstone stairway, set into a steep slope, leads to the front entry. Framing the entry and...
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The Madsens
An old suburban weed-infested, dog-damaged backyard lawn with overgrown shrubs was transformed into an expanse of crushed rock and groupings of moss rock boulders, grasses and perennials. A naturalistic water...
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Sunset Terrace
Merit Award 2002 ALCC “We wanted to change what was once a side yard used as a soccer field to an intimate place of enjoyment for children, grandchildren and for...
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Mayfield Patio
An existing patio was extended to provide a larger area for relaxation and family activities. Flagstone was laid over the concrete slab with a low sitting stone wall on one...
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Genesee Streambed
This internationally-known, contemporary residence is characterized by extensive moss rock walls. A dry streambed was built into an existing natural drainage pathway to simulate a steep mountain cascade. Boulders create...
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Belcaro Contemporary
“Nancy provided us with a top-notch landscape design for our new house. She was willing to research some complicated elements and did a good job of overseeing all the design...
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Arapahoe Acres
The contemporary housing district of Arapahoe Acres is a 1950s development on the National register of Historic...
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Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach is a gnarled, plains cottonwood stump, with rusted metal and non-toxic paint. It suggests the appearance of sea coral to remind us of the fragileness of the ocean...
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Abandoned Metal
Abandoned Metal, made from found metal, was assembled, welded, caulked and...
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Agriculture Metal
Abandoned farming equipment is symbolic for all that has happened and will happen to the land. Traditional Japanese papermaking methods of Kozo fiber and flax were used. A surface luster...
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Prairie
Saguaro Cactus is a paper assemblage of a letterpress digital image, hand-colored with pencil. Lost Lake Ice is made of Asian and Western handmade paper, expressing ice movement, shrinking and...
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High Plains
Bird Shelters are made from red and yellow dogwood branches wired together to provide cover for birds and small animals. High Spirit is made of dogwood, willow, and viburnum woven...
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Crop Fields
The corn fields of Iowa are known for their rich, black soil and a way of life. Sheets of flax and Abaca fiber were made with Western papermaking techniques. The...
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My Sacred Land
This handmade paper is about the natural pathway to be followed through one’s inner landscape. Sheets of Kozo fiber were made with a Japanese traditional mould and su, laminated, embedded...
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