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No. 26 Front Yards & Driveways · Mid-Century Modern

Brick Façade Framed by Illuminated Walkway

At night, warm exterior lighting and low path lights illuminate a straight concrete walkway leading past ornamental grasses to a single-story brick façade with clerestory windows.

Design notes

Mid-century modern design lines everything up with the house. Look for flat roofs and post-and-beam overhangs, walls of glass, breeze-block screens, terrazzo or large concrete pads with gravel joints, and a rectangular pool set square to the architecture. Planting is sculptural and sparse — agave, yucca, olive, citrus, a Mediterranean fan palm — and colour comes from a single accent: an orange door, turquoise water, a yellow umbrella.

What to look for

  • The sequence from where the car stops to the front door
  • Walkway width and the landing at the door
  • Planting kept below the windows with a tree for scale
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