Residential
Beauty, creativity, elegance and whimsy are all common elements in BSD’s residential designs. Each project reflects the client’s unique personality. Some of our one-of-a-kind creations are featured here.
Rockville Residence
ROCKVILLE, MD — BSD worked with the clients to create a whimsical program that accommodates their active lifestyle and frequent entertaining. We designed a pool house, arbors and terraces, gardens, and a tree house with facades consistent with the main house.
Washington D.C. Residence
WASHINGTON, DC — Set on the slopes above Battery Kemble Park, this project was designed to be an embassy residence. Elegant entertainment spaces step down the hillside: a cantilevered overlook, stairs, terraces and an invisible-edge pool with a wading area behind a water wall.
Great Falls Residence
GREAT FALLS, VA — BSD designed pool terraces, stone stairs and walkways, and extensive planting throughout this steeply sloping site. The materials palette was created to fit naturally into the wooded setting. The diverse plant palette attracts wildlife of all sorts.
Strasburg Residence
STRASBURG, VA — Located in pristine countryside of the Shenandoah Valley, this site is home to a unique compound of bedroom cottages around a lodge building. The clients look forward to many family gatherings and getaways among native plants and trees, fire pit and grill areas, outdoor games, and a naturalized meadow with clearings for activities.
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GREENBELT, MD — Sustainable site design strategies for this Greenbelt project include bioswales that capture roof run-off, a native plant palette, no lawn, and minimized impervious surfaces. The plants were selected to support local wildlife, provide year-round interest, and require minimal maintenance.
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BENTON, AR — BSD designed a small planned community of compact, sustainably built homes around a village green. A lodge building provides a visual focal point and social hub. The plant palette is completely native and the stone locally sourced.
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MCLEAN, VA — The cottage style of the home is reflected in the scale and character of the gardens. A wide variety of pollinators, cutting flowers and herbs are mingled within custom designed fences and cobbled paths.