
01 / Enclosed courtyard
The Courtyard Room
A small, sheltered courtyard treated as another room of the house — somewhere to sit with a coffee while the street stays just out of earshot.
Explore the StudyIndependent design concept • Fictional business — Stillform — architectural outdoor living
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Thoughtful outdoor spaces, shaped around the way you want to live.

The space study
Three ways people ask us to shape a garden. Choose one to see how it is arranged.
A table sized for the people who actually visit, with room to move around it and shade where the afternoon sun lands.

Illustrative design studies
Three ways the same idea is arranged. Each study is a concept, not a completed project.

01 / Enclosed courtyard
A small, sheltered courtyard treated as another room of the house — somewhere to sit with a coffee while the street stays just out of earshot.
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02 / Front garden, used after dark
A garden that works in the evening, when it is actually used — light placed so paths read clearly and planting keeps its shape after sunset.
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03 / Dining terrace
An outdoor table that is genuinely used — shade in the middle of the day, room to move around the chairs, and one clear route from the kitchen.
Explore the StudyFour kinds of work, often combined. You can start with one and add the rest later.

Illustrative concept image — a material study kept beside the plan.
The overall plan: how the space is laid out, what goes where, and what order things happen in.
Learn MoreTerrace and patio layouts built around the way you sit, eat, and host.
Learn MorePlant selection with structure first, so the space reads well all year — not only at its peak.
Learn MoreLight placed for evenings — paths you can see and planting that keeps its shape after dark.
Learn MoreWe start with how you want to use the space and what already works. Nothing gets drawn until that part is clear.
Two or three ways the space could be arranged, described in plain language, so you have something real to react to.
We narrow it down together — materials, planting, and where your money is best spent.
One clear written plan you can keep, quote from, and build at whatever pace suits you.
Tell us what you would like to change, and we will start with the part that matters most to you.
A first conversation is a conversation — no obligation to proceed.