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Copper Stone Bones San Francisco, California Design | Build: 2003 Located in Bernal Heights, this back yard garden serves as a quiet, laid back outdoor room for a small garden-level flat. From an existing deck, one can descend through a stand of black bamboo on wood treads that float down to a round gravel floor. The garden is organized around two distinct types of walls that define two gathering spaces: one for people and one for plants. The gravel patio floor is defined by an arcing copper retaining wall that holds back a raised planting bed. From behind the raised bed emerges a dry-stacked stone wall that is both structural and functional. As it moves back toward the house the stones slide gracefully down, morphing from a vertical wall into a horizontal stone landing at the base of the existing deck. The entire garden is enclosed by a fence treated with climbing vines and espaliered Podocarpus to absorb the sounds and mood of the city. |
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