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by whatsthatpicture Garden is the most beautiful part of your house. Gardens add beautiful charm in your lifestyle. A garden is always on priority for homemaker and architecture. Earlier garden was just a place of house which was used by members of family for edible products. They grow edible products there.  At that time normally garden was almost last thought or can say last priority in house architecture. But today garden design is as important as a room in house says Garden Design London. It is more than a place for family. It is the only part of house where you feel totally relaxed. Now a day it is not necessary that for garden you have to have a part of land, you can design a roof garden or terraces garden.   Probably garden is the largest room of house and deserves the same value as kitchen and living room. .. more»

by **Mary** Small Yard Design Suggestions Are you one of those Sydney people considering having an amazing small garden design? The landscaping ideas for small garden vary from other garden designs. It is essential that you consider the area when landscaping a small garden. It should not look very crowded and still give perfect ambience to the entire house. It should work as part of the entire house and not as a separate unit or space. Garden design for limited space normally intends to spice up the house more than just planting trees. It should transform to a new quiet area where you can sleep in the nights. Since area should be of great concern when making up small garden design ideas, you can use different shapes to make it look bigger. Shapes that are made of series of networks can change the area to look larger. All you have to do .. more»

by Images_of_Money It's possible to achieve a great house design with a low budget. To achieve this, one must invest keenly on the architectural design. A good example is Allan Donovan's House in Kitengela which is designed with a West African concept in mind-flat roof with pigeon holes on the parapet wall. Another example is the Hacienda Eco City Development in Mombasa which is also coincidentally designed with a West African/Islamic architectural concept with a flat roof and pigeon holes on the parapet walling. The presidential State Lodge in Sagana, Nyeri is also a magnificent piece of architecture that has utilized architectural design to achieve greatness without necessarily using very expensive materials. It's a plain rectangular house with hipped roofs and low aluminum casement windows. Technological uses also affect budget. New lighter roofing materials such as stone-coated steel roofing tiles save on the amount of timber trusses used to support the roof. The .. more»

by ckhatri1 Ideas for Landscaping a Hill - A Few Suggestions First and the foremost thing that a hill landscape architect has to consider is the steepness of the hill. He has to develop the idea for landscaping the hill based on incline of the hill. Landscaping ideas for a gentle incline and a steep slope would be entirely different. Take into consideration the type of soil of the hill and the possibilities of erosion. Erosion could destroy the garden of the hill landscape. If the hill has a steep incline, there is always a possibility of landslides. This point has to be considered before designing a landscape garden for a hill. If you are landscaping a steep hill, it would be a good idea to plant trees that develop deep root networks. This would prevent erosion and landslides and at the same time help to maintain water level in ground. This .. more»