Peter Owen

From Concept to Reality Taking a Landscape Plan From 2D To An Immersive 3D Fly-Through

From Concept to Reality -Taking a Landscape Plan From 2D To An Immersive 3D Fly-Through

The trend in today’s landscaping is for outdoor spaces to have all the amenities you find inside the home: full-blown kitchens complete with pizza ovens, grills, and smokers, and enclosed or covered seating areas complete with fire features and entertainment systems that can be used in the shoulder seasons! These sophisticated architectural spaces cannot be […]

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Owen Landscape Architect - Delivering The Vision

Conceptual Design – Unlocking Your Properties Potential!

Once the homeowners wishes have been conveyed, and the site inventory done – the design “envisioning” can begin. Such as is the case with this Islington backyard, Owen  Landscape Architect can develop the design beyond a rough concept to a fully developed “Detailed” conceptual design. “Before” – A Blank Slate to Work With! As the

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The Merits of Hiring a Landscape Architect for your Outdoor Living Project

The Merits of Hiring a Landscape Architect for Your Outdoor Living Project

For the homeowners who are planning a significant landscape project, most automatically seek out their local “landscaper” to provide a turn-key service. Should they possess some creative skills, they may even try their hand at design themselves given all the software programs out there for do-it-yourselfers. Depending on the particular landscape design/build company, they may

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Detailed Landscape Plan

I’ve prepared many, many landscape plans for clients over the years, but (oddly enough) – not with detailed plantings. For me, of all the various components of a design: conceptual; grading; lighting; materials – planting design is the most time consuming – and the most rewarding. If you have ever flipped through a nursery catalogue

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A Design For An Outdoor Living Space With Limited Room To Work With Owen Landscape Architect has just completed a design for an outdoor living space in the golf course community of Lora Bay, located outside of the town of Thornbury – a few hours north of Toronto.  Although the site presented some challenges due

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Outdoor Living Courtyard in Doulton Estates, Mississauga

CONVEYING DESIGN INTENT Through 3D Rendering ______________________________________ The concept refined and labelled. View from dining area looking towards the living room pavilion. Note the water feature set on top of the plinth. A close-up view of the outdoor living room pavilion. The view from the lawn area showing the private lounging area in the foreground.

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