Madison Alpine Garden —- Seattle, WA

An urban courtyard garden for a young couple with deep connections to outdoor living and gardening. A living screen is part of a boundary wall around the property that filters views from inside the house and allows a feeling of intimate privacy and outward expansiveness to the landscape. Native bonsai pines and a high alpine planting palette were rescued from a defunct nursery and planted to evoke wild nature within an urban oasis.

 

Recognition

 

Portrait05/2017. “An Urban Enclave.”
Dezeen. 07/2017. “Courtyard Provides Focal Point for Seattle Home.”
Dwell. 05/2017. “Helen Street.”

The property Master Plan includes landscape design, architectural reconfiguration of upper and lower floors, and a pool terrace and outdoor patio.
 
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The original house had great bones but was disconnected from the outdoors. The kitchen and dining were reconfigured and opened up to a new terrace overlooking Lake Washington.
 
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Architecture: mw|works
Design Team: Matt Wittman, Jody Estes
Contractor: Treebird Construction
Photographer: Andrew Pogue

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