Eola Hills House, Salem, Oregon property

Accessed via a mile-long winding driveway with fleeting views to mountains, hills, and the Ueda Design Studio designed Eola Hills House emerging at each turn, the sequence conjures the qualities of an approach to a traditional Japanese tea house in Salem, USA. Upon arrival, a garden featuring a water fountain made of local boulders formally signals the shift from work life to family life.

Woodland Retreat, Austin, Texas property

Nestled within the urban forest, designed by Cuppett Kilpatrick Architecture + Interior Design the Woodland Retreat intimate hideaway is intended to weather quietly into surrounding canopies of elm and oak. New native and adapted plantings hug its compact footprint. The density of vegetation and its naturally weathering material palette anchor the home into its site in Austin in Texas, USA