Modern Lakeside Perch, in collaboration with architecture firm Booth Hansen, interior design firm Soucie Horner Design Collective, and home builder Bulley & Andrews, is a sleek glass residence that blends the interior with the exterior. Overlooking Lake Michigan, this landscape features a cantilevered deck built into the bluff as its centerpiece; a remarkable engineering feat supported by galvanized helical piers and steel columns that create the illusion of a deck floating above water.
The front landscape incorporates a mixed woodland border for privacy, and a transitional meadow filled with ornamental grasses and flowering perennials that provide seasonal interest while maintaining clear sightlines from the house.
Cedar Waterfront, in partnership with architecture firm Searl Lamaster Howe and interior design firm Alexis Bednyak, uses an intentional landscape approach to complement the architecture. The backyard spaces amplify the expansive lake views, employing a careful mix of new and existing plantings that guide the eye and define scale.
The entry courtyard, considered a focal point of the home, was designed to be a place of subtle reveal. The entry is marked by limestone steps, and anchored by a specimen tree and natural wood bench that together define a calm, welcoming arrival. The landscape amplifies the grandeur of the lake with restraint—always framing, never competing—creating a quiet dialogue between land, architecture, and horizon.
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