7 Landscape Design Ideas for Midcentury Modern Homes

Postwar modern mid-century homes were designed to combine outdoor and indoor living. Owners could look out over their gardens from floor-to-ceiling windows, and be able to easily connect with their outdoor surroundings by sliding glass doors or patios that are level with the floors of the interior. The landscaping for the homes was clean and simple and focused on hardscapes and the joys of the outdoor lifestyle.

The 1960s home builders such as Joseph Eichler and the Alexander Construction Company established the Alexander Construction Company as the first to make Modernism affordable to everyone by building post-and-beam homes that had extravagant rooflines, which were often exaggerated in Southern the state of California and Northern California. Mid-century modern houses can be found all over the world in the country, such as in Sarasota, Florida; Austin, Texas; Durham, North Carolina; and Australia.

1. Atrium Escape

Modern homes of the mid-century in California were usually designed to accommodate their Mediterranean environment. Atriums were often built near the entry point or in the middle of the house. Lee Ann Marienthal Gardens developed the Orange County landscape with a focus of midcentury modern and Asian design. A relaxing getaway, the atrium has boulders and an emerald-colored water feature with a waterfall as well as an outdoor patio with flagstone and the pond's perimeter, as well as the shade-tolerant plant such as Japanese trees like maples. Marienthal's team planted plants such as Star jasmine to cover the utilities, Coleonema pulchellum "Sunset Gold" anemone "Honorine Jobert as well as Australian violet.

2. Postwar Pad in the Pacific Northwest

The majority of mid-century homes weren't built on massive spacious, lavish, sprawling lot sizes. A lot of homes were small and constructed in subdivisions, which had smaller square feet and small plots. Northwest Native Landscapes employed a mix of sharp angles, hardscape along with plants featuring textural characteristics to create a small postwar house situated in Portland, Oregon. Soft plants stand out against the geometric shapes, bearing in mind the seasons of interest. The plants that are used to create color include blue Fescue grass ( Festuca glauca) and conifers. The porch and yard are an intimate space, made possible by the horizontal wood-slat fences which follow the lines of the house.

3. Sustainable Eichler

The homeowners of the Eichler house located in Northern California redesigned their landscape to incorporate sustainable features . They incorporate native and drought-resistant plants with cool hues such as blues and greens to create a feeling of peace, simplicity, and order. The selection of plants emphasizes the texture, and comprises a selection of native and ornamental lawns olive trees along with drifts and swathes Manzanita.

The landscape was designed for the founders of the design company t&t landscape and his wife, a landscape designer. the landscape has a sloped front yard that is connected to the hills around it. They also reverted to the original design of the house by constructing an entry with a patio that is surrounded by a horizontal wooden fence. Its sustainable features include the Toro drip irrigation, salvaged fencing and an impermeable gravel driveway.

4. Oakland Eichler

The good bones of the home stood, a 2,200-square-foot residence in the Northern the state's Oakland Hills needed to be completely renovated. Along with that, Beckner Contracting restored the home's signature carport and entryway. In the planters that hug the walls are the agapanthus (right) along with delicate branches from bamboo against the entryway wall. The house is among only 48 Eichlers located in the Sequoyah Hills tract, nicknamed "the lost Eichlers of the Oakland hills".

5. Orange County Modern

A house located in Laguna Niguel, California, created by Southern California architect George Bissell was redesigned by Moss Yaw Design Studio with geometric pavers as well as an unassuming concrete wall and beds of planting with equally spaced plants that are drought-resistant.

6. Asian-Influenced Atrium

A Eichler house located in San Jose features a large covered atrium designed with the Asian design through MScape Design. The pergola is made of wood and provides all-year-round protection, and the deck is constructed from TimberTech with walnut. The style is based on horizontal lines, and also incorporates water, stone, as well as shoji-style screens.

7. Bridlemile Modern Revamp

Two-story mid-century modern house located in the Bridlemile area in Portland, Oregon, received an outdoor makeover by Shannon Keaveny Landscape Design that pays homage to its historical roots. With established trees as well as shrubs Keaveny also added interesting ornamentals like heather, cordyline and miniature Nepeta.