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"Outdoor Furniture\nIn the garden, gazebo or poolside, see a collection of seamlessly integrated furniture for summer entertaining\nSeeking to update their newly acquired 1981 Hamptons getaway, a Manhattan couple looked to Shelton, Mindel &amp;amp; Associates. Above: The pool's deck reaches out to the edge of the pond. By the canoe are three surfboard-inspired chaises designed by Charles Zublena in 1970. Richard Schultz metal outdoor furniture. (July 2008)\nCombining raw, native materials with a modern sensibility, interior designer Mariette Himes Gomez and architect Jim Morter created a singular retreat in Wyoming for Anne and Allen Dick and their children. Above: \"It's roofed and enclosed on three sides, but the views are there,\" Morter says of an \"outdoor room\" that looks out to the Teton Range. The architect, who worked closely with colleague Pavan Krueger, designed the stone-and-metal fireplace. Furniture from Janus &amp;amp; Cie. (June 2007)\n\"The natural landscape is as important as the architecture,\" says Edward M. Jones, of Jones Studio in Phoenix, who built a contemporary house in Scottsdale, Arizona, for Tracy and Lou Ann O'Rourke. Above: \"The main house's interior spaces are all organized around the pool.\" Brown Jordan furniture on deck. (May 2005)\nDesigner Jennifer Post designed a Hollywood home for SBE Entertainment Group founder and CEO Sam Nazarian. Above: \"Everyone loves the outdoor seating area,\" says Nazarian, who entertains frequently and uses the space for both casual and formal occasions. Gathered linen draperies frame views of the three-acre property. The iron table and chairs are from Pierce Martin. (December 2005)\nFor a neo-Mediterranean-style house in Belvedere, California, architect Howard J. Backen collaborated with his clients, Restoration Hardware chairman, CEO and president Gary Friedman and his wife, designer Kendal Agins Friedman, co-owner of Agins Interiors. Above: \"With the doors open, you're one with the bay, the bridge and the views,\" says Agins Friedman. Teak outdoor furniture, Sutherland. (October 2008)\n\"It's like a modern yacht \u2014 we had to think of how to get the maximum amount of space out of a minimum amount of floor area,\" architect Robert A. M. Stern says of the three-story beach cottage he designed for Robert and Lisa Nesbitt in Seaside, Florida. Above: To support the porch roof, Stern conceived a dramatic single column. \"The house is visible from the beach, and we wanted a gesture to make it stand out,\" says Brewer. Sutherland furniture. (April 2008)\nLandscape Forms works with architects and designers to elevate the look of outdoor furniture found in public spaces. Margaret McCurry's line of benches and trash cans includes a contemporary interpretation of a picket fence. The Lakeside bench recalls a front-porch platform swing. (June 2006)\nShelton, Mindel &amp;amp; Associates' Lee F. Mindel added a two-story poolhouse to his Hamptons property. Above: In the courtyard, a Tony Rosenthal sculpture provides a counterpoint. Richard Schultz outdoor furniture. (September 2007)\nFrom the outset, designer Peter Roy Bowman collaborated closely with architects Guillermo Michel Renteria and Alvaro Gomez Flores on the plans for a couple's oceanfront retreat in Punta Mita, Mexico. \"When you have a lot like this, you're going to orient it to the water,\" Bowman remarks. Above: Shallow stairs lead to the infinity pool. The Pacific is beyond. Summit lounge chairs.\nOn a wooded ridge in Napa Valley is a house by San Francisco architect Jim Jennings. Above: Cantilevered aluminum louvers shade the west terrace, where a fireplace and built-in grill permit year-round entertaining. Outdoor furniture, Richard Schultz. (May 2005)\nArchitect Robert M. Gurney redesigned a 1950s house in Washington, D.C. for Stephen Goldstein and Antonietta Corvasce. Above: Around the pool terrace, Fendrick chose native plants and trees that reflect the plantings in the neighboring park. Henry Hall Designs chaise longues. (October 2007)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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