| Cantitoe Farm Residence Built in the 1870s as a rural horse farm surrounded by a deciduous forest, one hundred years later Cantitoe Farm, perched on a promontory, has become one of the most prestigious suburban properties close to New York City. In 1995, when the client bought the property as a nine-month a year residence, Pamela Burton & Company was brought in to meet the site’s challenges. A huge lawn cascaded down the hill but it was not usable space and during the summer months required large amounts of irrigation. Significant grading and earth movement were necessary to create a series of terraces that could be used for entertaining, play, and relaxation. The gardens of Cantitoe Farm incorporate several design philosophies: Japanese principles concerning impermanent beauty and spiritual nourishment; Southern California modernist ideas about sensitively integrating landscape and architecture; and the work of contemporary artists like Agnes Martin, whose paintings reveal the controlled beauty of repetition and proportion. |
1430 Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90404 t: 310.828.6373 f: 310.828.8054
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