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As part of an extensive front and rear yard renovation, the clients’ need for increased outdoor living was satisfied. A new outdoor kitchen, dining area, lounge area and hot tub/spa enhance a yard that backs up on a running creek and undeveloped hills.

With a robust landscape design program including a plunge pool, covered dining patio, fireplace, private lounge area, sunning area, fountain, and outdoor shower, the owners of this Allied Arts home worried they were asking for more outdoor living spaces than their 1,800 square foot back yard could probably accommodate!  Kikuchi + Kankel Design Group proposedRead more

Kikuchi+Kankel Design Group has continued to work on this project site for over a decade, as owner changes, lifestyles and needs have evolved. Bordered on three sides by Wunderlich County Park in San Mateo County, it was of utmost importance to meld the design character of this property’s landscape with the adjacent 940 acres ofRead more

Responding to our clients’ love for the style of a Japanese Garden, Kikuchi + Kankel Design Group developed designs for this 1 acre site over a 3 phase, 15 year period of time. Implementing traditional Zen, View and Strolling Garden styles with a contemporary bent has resulted in a functional setting that provides for entertainmentRead more

KKDG collaborated with the building architect in the conceptualization of this unique property. Recognizing that the defined “front yard” – where sun orientation, views to distant mountains and valleys and privacy are best, the use of the site has “flipped”. The resultant house and site plan reacts to and accepts the site’s physical assets asRead more

This single family residential project began with a blank site from which the previous buildings and all landscape features had been removed. The project required working together with the developer and new homeowners. KKDG designed the landscape improvements for the overall property in conjunction with the building of the entirely new home. The front yardRead more

With an exceptional setting on a gentle hillside overlooking the San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley, this originally mundane site held vast potential once its visual resources were recognized. An extensive house remodel ensued and a Landscape Master Plan was designed. Soon a relationship between landscape architect and homeowner would be established and continue forRead more

Kikuchi + Kankel Design Group assisted in the siting and general layout of the new home on the property.  Features include a two-level pool with waterfalls, a full outdoor kitchen, fire pit, private spa garden, a home vineyard, vegetable garden and extensive landscaping.  The entry auto court and driveway are pervious concrete and allow waterRead more

The landscape of this new contemporary home includes a unique spa-stream combination, a metal trellis with eight foot waterfalls into an adjacent swimming pool, intricate paving, and plantings.  Kikuchi + Kankel Design Group worked extensively with the Owner to insure the design, detailing, and engineering of the project met the client’s high standards.

This large wooded site underwent a major renovation.  The shape of the pool and surrounding patios were dramatically altered and now include a fire pit, kitchen, and multiple arbors.  An existing tennis court was removed and replaced with a wildflower meadow, vegetable garden, children’s bike path, and playground.  The previously unused wooded slope now containsRead more