Sarah Oxby @ hampsteadgardendesign.com

In the evening the garden walls are dramatically lit and the low planting wall transitions into a stone plinth for a soothing stone fountain. Photo Credit: J. Michael Tucker

The perfect green oasis for a small courtyard garden with an artificial lawn surrounded by powder coated planters, a bespoke wooden console & storage/seating bench, retro white soft furnishings & overhead festoon lighting; all amongst the evergreen planting & green wall. Photo Copyright Helen Fickling

Nathalie Priem

Brett Zamore Design

Small Brownstone Garden in Park Slope

Photos By; Nate Grant

Exteriors of DDB Design Development & Building Houses, Landscape Design by Landscape Architects, photography by Urban Angles.

A sequence of new fencing at the entry creates a sense of privacy from a busy street. Photo by Cleary O'Farrell

The new owners of this West Village Manhattan townhouse knew that gutting an historically significant building would be a complex undertaking. They were admirers of Turett's townhouse renovations elsewhere in the neighborhood and brought his team on board to convert the multi-unit structure into a single family home. Turett's team had extensive experience with Landmarks, and worked closely with preservationists to anticipate the special needs of the protected facade. The TCA team met with the city's Excavation Unit, city-appointed archeologists, preservationists, Community Boards, and neighbors to bring the owner's original vision - a peaceful home on a tree-line street - to life. Turett worked with adjacent homeowners to achieve a planted rear-yard design that satisfied all interested parties, and brought an impressive array of engineers and consultants aboard to help guarantee a safe process. Turett worked with the owners to design a light-filled house, with landscaped yard and terraces, a music parlor, a skylit gym with pool, and every amenity. The final designs include Turett's signature tour-de-force stairs; sectional invention creating overlapping volumes of space; a dramatic triple-height steel-and-glass elevation; extraordinary acoustical and thermal insulation as part of a highly energy efficient envelope.

Photography by Alain Jaramillo Landscape Architecture by Hord Coplan Macht, Inc.