OLD RANCH ROAD

Client: Private Residence

Status: Complete

This mid-century house, built in the style of Cliff May, underwent an extensive restoration to bring out the period details. The landscape responds to a number of existing site conditions, as well as the horizontal expanse of the house. The front gardens have a distinctive old California ranch style with flowering native shrubs and groundcovers, a drought tolerant meadow under the stand of Oaks and Sycamores, and a new arroyo at the toe of the slope where a drainage channel passes through the site. At the back of the house, where the site is sunny, there are extensive succulent plantings, as well as new terraces and a built in BBQ for outdoor entertaining below a large slope covered in groundcovers.

GSLA Studio

We strongly believe in the power of good design to transform everyday experience. Our work responds to the integrity inherent in a site and brings to each project a strong engagement with the dynamic experience of a place and the importance of practical, as well as poetic, considerations. Working across scale and spectrum to meet the needs of your project, we engage in process and focus on outcomes that bring a semblance of balance and beauty back to this crazy world. Collaboration is a cornerstone of our practice and our relationships with clients, architects and consultants are paramount to the success of our work.

We would love to help you create meaningful and enduring landscapes.

Ryan Gutierrez & Joe Sturges