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Working on the small backyard of a Victorian town house in San Francisco ’s Noe Valley neighborhood , landscape painting architectChristopher Yatescreated a minimalist distance complete with a dining area and built - in barbeque . The tradition COR - TEN - steel barbecue ledge was climb on a concrete wall , beside an herb plantation owner and above an ipe - woods deck . A small amount of vividness added to the paving gives the space a slightly warmer tone , and low - maintenance , drought - tolerant succulents , Gunter Grass and restios surround the dining area .
The Custom CORTEN - sword barbeque is vagabond into the concrete wall . Photo by : Marion Brenner . SEE MORE picture OF THIS GARDEN
Q : What were your customer ’ objectives ?
A : They want a minimalist garden that nevertheless met their living and entertaining need : a dining area large enough for six to eight the great unwashed , a work up - in barbeque , a strong roadblock wall on the attribute job , a caper area and sandbox for their newborn infant , and a bench for the client bungalow .
A close - up of the barbeque , with inset tradition concrete countertop . hear more about howconcrete countertopsare made . Photo by : Marion Brenner . SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THIS GARDEN
Q : What are the kitchen ’s principal features ?
A : The ‘ kitchen ’ is really just a build - in barbecue — it is essentially a COR - TEN - sword box that is mounted on the concrete wall at the dimension line , with a custom concrete countertop and a unstained - brand countertop barbeque . Of naturally , there is also the adjacent dining blank .
Q : Where is the barbecue send within the context of the garden ?
A : It ’s centrally situate — designed to be close to the kitchen in the main mansion and just off - center from the outdoor dining table .
A view of the garden from an upper balcony . picture by : Marion Brenner . SEE MORE picture OF THIS GARDEN
Q : Were there any challenges with space or installation ? If so , how did you clear them ?
A : This is a very lowly garden , and infinite was highly compressed . The challenge was to make the space feel large than its genuine size and still take on the client ’s goals . Thus , the barbeque was design as a cantilevered unit that required minimal space ( only 2 pes deep ) , and with the 2 - substructure - wide plantation owner on either side of the barbeque , the unit floats above the planter .
Q : What brand of contraption did you use ?
A : We used the 30 - inchFire MagicDeluxe Countertop Grille , as this was the only manufacturing business we could find with a countertop unit that would check our coating .
Q : Were there any extra elements that you customized or retrofit to work for this outdoor kitchen design ?
A : We rank a custom COR - TEN - steel herbaceous plant planter adjacent to the barbecue ; it ’s design for ease of access while cooking .
For more information on Christopher Yates ’ work , visitchristopheryatesdesign.com .
