Striking Shift
When a couple with two kids purchased a traditional Forest Hills residence in 2016, they assumed that everything in the home would have to…
Cutting Edge
OPEN & SHUT As part of an extensive redo of their outdoor space, Bethesda clients asked Joel Hafner of Fine Earth Landscape to craft…
Design from a Distance
OUTDOOR OASIS Glenstone has always practiced its own brand of social distancing. Since its inception, this private museum in Potomac has capped admissions so…
The Good Earth
During extended weeks at home, some have found comfort in returning to the earth—looking at our back and front yards, balconies and rooftops in…
Ebb and Flow
DC Water’s new headquarters perfectly blends utility and art. Positioned on a narrow wedge of land in the Anacostia River floodplain, its bold, curvilinear…
ZEN Associates, Ltd.
Week’s End
Exterior Photography by David Burroughs | Interior Photography by Angie Seckinger Sweeping vistas of Island Creek, a tributary of the Tred Avon River, sold…
Perfect Fit
The right waterfront property is hard to come by near Annapolis, where lots lining the Chesapeake Bay and its picturesque tributaries are always in…
Pot Luck
CLEAN LINES RH’s textural Vetro Planter marries weather-resistant resin, fiberglass and crushed stone in six sizes and two finishes: Dark Grey (pictured) or the…
Before + After
Walnut Hill Landscape Company A major overhaul breathes new life into a run-down Annapolis property. Click here. Scapes, Inc. A barren Annapolis…
Before + After
A charming home in downtown Annapolis cried out for a total overhaul of its overgrown landscape. The front yard was ragged and uninviting, while…
Before + After
Sited prohibitively close to the critical-area buffer, a Tolchester, Maryland, house on the Chesapeake Bay had its pool located in the front yard rather…
Before + After
An Annapolis family with three young kids contacted Scapes, Inc., to turn their flat, blank-slate backyard into an expansive outdoor-living retreat, complete with pool,…
Industrial Revival
Karl and Diane Kelley’s wish list for their dream house did not include a romantic ruin, though that became the inspiration for the glamorous…
Master Plan
It’s not always easy to marry a historic property with modern requirements for sustainability—especially when the landscape is a 16-acre waterfront estate in Easton,…
Fun in the Sun
CHIC COLLABORATION The Sunset collection of chaises/lounge chairs, a collaboration between Roche Bobois and The Rockwell Group, brings streamlined, modern style outdoors. Designed to…
Garden Party
Growing up in Lynchburg, Virginia, William McKinnon Massie, Jr., and Anne Harris Massie were immersed in classical beauty. Their parents nurtured family gardens and…
Al Fresco Flair
Michael Winn, principal of Winn Design+Build, had just completed a home for himself and his family in McLean. He tapped landscape architect Joseph Richardson…
View from the Top
Tucked into Northeast DC’s rapidly gentrifying H Street Corridor, The Apollo is an eight-story, mixed-use apartment building that sprawls over a city block. Taking…
Piedmont Beauty
Like forging the first brushstroke on a blank canvas, the act of building on an untouched plot of land can be a daunting endeavor….