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Contemporary TriBeCa Roof Deck with Zen Appeal

This contemporary roof deck in NYC’s TriBeCa neighborhood features wood deck tiles, bamboo roll fencing, fiberglass and ceramic containers for a seamless blend of Asian- contemporary and traditional elements.  We installed dark brown bamboo roll fencing in front of an existing ugly metal fence to help camouflage and childproof it.  Wood deck tiles are a

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Zen Appeal: An Upper West Side Roof Garden that Transcends the Rest

Zen Appeal: An Upper West Side Roof Garden that Transcends the Rest This roof garden design New York is located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and features a bamboo screen in black fiberglass planters. Nothing works as well in a shade garden as bamboo to provide an instantaneous effect of lushness, height, and a Zen-like,

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Brooklyn Townhouse: A Contemporary Backyard with a Tin-Roof Pergola

This Boerum Hill, Brooklyn backyard features a cedar pergola with a tin roof. The owner of this townhouse is a Texas native, and she missed the sound of rain on the tin roofs there, so this design gave her a little comforting reminder of home. The biggest challenge to designing this space was figuring out

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Custom Roof Deck: An Urban Oasis in Chelsea

Imagine hanging out in this roof garden in the middle of Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood at night with a group of friends.  Illuminated both by the lights of nearby skyscrapers and up-lighting in the planters, this roof garden is quite the urban oasis.  It features lightweight aluminum decking, ipe planters, an ipe and metal pergola, and

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