Landscape Architect & Specifier News

APR 2014

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56 Landscape Architect and Specifier News and hot tub safer at night. Bringing light to these areas would allow the homeowners to extend their outdoor living time far into the evening. Another important priority of the client was general security around the property. McKay developed a design that brought light to dark corners around the home, as well as gates leading into the backyard. Finally, the client wanted the property to have strong curb appeal at night. By providing sufficient light in the front of the house, McKay made sure that the house "showed well" to neighbors and passersby. Elements This project provided McKay a number of unique elements to light. The paver driveway was a perfect opportunity to use bollards. These fixtures look stately and provided the correct amount of light for the large driveway of the home. Four stonewalls with pillars also provided a great lighting opportunity. The shadows around the stones from the lights below created a tremendous look at night. Two water features on the property also presented an opportunity to create some focal interest at night. The water feature in the front yard featured a pondless waterfall with three urns in a small pool of water. The water feature in the back yard had three waterfalls feeding into another pondless basin. Each of these features was lit with a combination of uplighting and downlighting, with all-important aspects of the features adequately lit. The pool area provided yet another distinctive element for McKay. The pool was installed with LEDs around the rim, bringing dazzling color to the pool at night. A number of path lights Above, Left This is a McKay's specially, hand- blown art glass balls (NightOrbs) on natural stone pillars. The stone caps are hand-carved to seat the orbs and allow removal for service. There are seven globes on the property. The smaller orbs are 13-inch in diameter and lit with 20-watt halogens; the larger orbs (18- inch dia.) have 35-watt lamps. Above, Right The client's desire for "resort-style" lighting that would also minimize glare is evident in the judicious lighting design of the outdoor kitchen, eating area on the patio under the pergola, fireplace and the pool and spa. The safety and security elements were also met, allowing the homeowners to freely use their outdoor living area far into the evening. Right This photo displays the raised eating area covered with a specially designed cedar pergola. Copper seatwall lights (Hadco, 4-watt) were installed under the paver steps. Copper 20-watt 'starliters' hang under the pergola, and copper Aurora spotlights (MR-16 20-watts) aim at the water feature. Also pictured are Nightscaping/Lumiere 20-watt MR-16 down lights in the locust trees. Vista well lights (20-watt MR-16) in the pavers up light the brick columns. The patio hardscape is large 'Yorkstone' concrete pavers (UniLock). The pillars are 8-inch 'Cedar Ridge' (Semco Stone) natural stone drywall. 52-61.indd 56 3/26/14 2:32 PM

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