Bethesda Modern Classic

The Donald Lococo-designed home’s clean elevation is clad in stuccoed brick with a regimented rank of windows and doors. We reflected the stucco in retaining walls that create a courtyard, planting the berm with Magnolias. The front yard is lightly planted with Purple Coral Bells for a pop of color. The rear yard faces a park, so we designed retaining walls at the dark lagoon pool with raised boxes of Crepe Myrtle to bracket the paved space. The contemporary composition includes clean limestone and a hedge of arborvitae to reflect the tension between the clean and the wild. We designed a courtyard with a quartet of uplit hornbeams as sculptural elements. The paving is cantilevered over a Silva cell system so roots can grow, aerate, and drain underground, allowing them to thrive despite the seemingly soilless environment. The elevation of the property sets the tone for a landscape filled with traditional, yet relaxed details. 

A two-story, cream-colored brick house with a dark slate roof and arched dark-framed windows. A stone-paved driveway leads to the front entrance, which is flanked by low brick walls displaying the house number 5400.
A side view of a light-colored brick building featuring a tall, arched glass door and black wall-mounted lanterns. Manicured green shrubs line the base of the exterior wall.
A large crepe myrtle tree with smooth, mottled bark stands in a manicured lawn. In the background, a light-colored multi-story house sits behind a low stone garden wall and trimmed hedges.
The front exterior of a light-colored brick house featuring arched windows with black frames and a central entrance. A stone-paved walkway leads to the door, flanked by low brick walls and manicured shrubs.
A corner view of a light-colored brick house with a dark mansard roof and a black privacy fence. Lush green trees and low shrubbery line the garden path leading toward a stone wall in the distance.
A stone path leads through an open dark gate in a garden. Lush hydrangeas and mature trees surround the walkway next to the corner of a brick building.
A backyard swimming pool designed by a modern classic landscape architect sits on a stone patio beside a home with dark-framed windows and a green lawn. Beyond the pool, a glass fence separates the patio from a dense grove of tall trees.
A rectangular swimming pool borders a paved patio with three black lounge chairs. A large house with a stone chimney stands in the background, surrounded by lush trees and manicured landscaping.
A patio with young trees growing through the stone pavers leads to a modern glass-walled room. Beyond the glass, a swimming pool sits in a sunlit backyard.
Two illuminated trees stand on a stone patio at dusk in front of a house with black-framed windows. A large dark urn sits near the open doorway, which reveals a softly lit interior kitchen.
An outdoor stone patio leads to an open glass door revealing a modern interior kitchen with a long central island. Two trees frame the entryway, with large decorative pots sitting on the ground on either side.
A view of a bright, modern kitchen seen through the floor-to-ceiling glass walls of an evening sunroom. A swimming pool and stone patio sit in the foreground, flanked by two large black planters.