Iron Landscape

Iron Landscape
Many of Houston’s largest homes sit on several acres of land.
You do not normally see these from main thoroughfares like Westheimer or Richmond, but you do see them in places along Memorial Drive, Blalock and throughout River Oaks.

Homes on these estates often have very Old World architecture. The size of the home and the surrounding property is sublime, grand, and almost mystic in its import.

Such residences can benefit greatly from an iron landscape theme that draws from any number of cultural, historical, or aesthetic sources and expresses them through the beauty and sophistication of finely wrought iron forms that add drama, interest, and vertical impact to landscape design.

The first thing we might see in such a property is a wrought iron driveway gate.
Many homes are so large that they have private roads that lead up to motor courts located to one side of the house. These roads are wide enough for two-way traffic. Wrought iron is the only viable material to use for building a gate across such an entrance. A gate that large built from a weaker metal is sure to warp from the force of gravity over time.