The owners of a McLean property purchased an adjacent lot on which to build an upscale, barn-like retreat for the wife’s use. Pondering what else to do with the one-acre […]

  POP ART  Inspired by the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Markilux has debuted Pop-Art Edition awning covers in 10 bold colors and patterns. Crafted from the maker’s […]

Our Experts Howard Cohen, PLA, Surrounds Landscape Architecture + Construction | D. Blake Dunlevy, D.A. Dunlevy | Paulo Trindade, Grow Landscapes | Chris Vedrani, Planted Earth Landscaping   Pollinators: Laws […]

"From the house, you look right out at flower beds exploding with perennial and annual color. There’s something blooming year-round." Bernie Mihm   THEN NOW An empty backyard took advantage […]

A sloped property in McLean had experienced severe flooding from stormwater runoff. A French drain did not adequately solve the issue—and left an ugly cleft in the earth to boot. […]

Ed Ball Landscape Architecture transformed a blank-canvas backyard in Vienna into a luxurious outdoor living area. “The clients envisioned an extension of their home,” relates landscape designer and principal Ed […]

On completing construction of a modern custom home in Vienna, the owners asked Pristine Acres to create a backyard haven on their small lot. With careful planning, the design team […]

A few blocks from the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill stands a stately row house that once was home to Frederick Douglass. Its current owners hired Moody Graham to […]

At Blue Sky Hill, a five-acre family farm in Vienna, a circa-1800s log cabin sat incongruously beside a 1980s abode—until an extensive, whole-property redo preserved the vintage building, updated the […]

After renovating their 17th-century Middleburg abode with a modern addition and building a pool house and pergola, the residents wished to create an expansive outdoor living environment that would bridge […]