Case study — Los Angeles

Arnwood

Arnwood — front entry with brick piers and new hardscape, as built

Location: Los Angeles
Scope: Outdoor living build — pool, pergola, and sunken fire lounge
Year: 20XX — confirm
Services: Outdoor living · Pool & spa · Hardscape & landscape

An existing valley home reworked around its backyard — a pool, a sunken fire lounge, and a pergola-covered outdoor living room. The renderings below show the design as drawn; the photographs show the build as it actually happened, from excavation to finish.

Arnwood — backyard with pool, pergola, and sunken lounge, architectural rendering — The backyard as designed — pool, pergola, and sunken lounge — architectural rendering

Arnwood — pool and sunken fire lounge at dusk, architectural rendering — Pool and sunken fire lounge — architectural rendering

Arnwood — pergola-covered lounge and dining, architectural rendering — Covered lounge under the pergola — architectural rendering

Arnwood — covered outdoor living room, architectural rendering — The covered outdoor living room — architectural rendering

Arnwood — sunken fire lounge, architectural rendering — The sunken fire lounge — architectural rendering

Arnwood — trenching alongside the house during excavation, under construction — Excavation — utilities and grade go in first (under construction)

Arnwood — pool excavation with formwork laid out across the yard, under construction — The backyard comes out — pool dug, formwork set (under construction)

Arnwood — formed footing ready for the pour, under construction — Footings formed and inspected (under construction)

Arnwood — reinforcing steel tied for the pool shell, under construction — Reinforcing steel, tied to the drawings (under construction)

Arnwood — rebar and plumbing set in the formwork, under construction — Rebar and plumbing set before the pour (under construction)

Arnwood — pool shell after gunite, under construction — Gunite — the pool shell takes shape (under construction)

Arnwood — pebble interior finish in the pool, under construction — Pebble interior finish going in (under construction)

Arnwood — pergola posts and beam raised over the filled pool, under construction — Pergola structure goes up over the finished pool (under construction)

Arnwood — pergola rafters seen from below, under construction — Pergola rafters set (under construction)

Arnwood — specimen olive tree set in its planter beside the pool, under construction — The specimen olive set in place (under construction)

Arnwood — covered patio looking out to the pool near completion, under construction — Covered patio, looking out to the pool — nearing completion (under construction)

“TODO — pull final text from Google review (Arnwood backyard).”

Client name TBC — Outdoor living build

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