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Water Features

Terraced mountain retreat with a sheltered stone pavilion, linear pool, timber roof, and pine forest under cool morning light.
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Designing a Mountain Retreat Around Water, Stone, and Forest

A convincing mountain retreat does more than borrow a rugged material palette. This design study explores how terraced land, naturalistic water, stone, timber, planting, shelter, circulation, and restrained lighting can work together so architecture feels embedded in a forested slope rather than simply placed against a scenic backdrop.