Peter Owen

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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THORNBURY  WATERFRONT A Detailed Concept Plan Bypassing the usual procedure, which is the more schematic initial conceptual design; in this example I refined the concept. Spending this amount of time can be risky as the client may shoot it down, but I felt that this design direction was a good one and am therefore willing to

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