Articles by Kate Burt

Should your sink overlook the yard? (And what if it can’t?) Can a cooktop go under a window? And what are the pros and cons for putting either item into an island? These questions and more are answered by our expert panel.

There are lots of ways to create a beautiful garden that won’t require an irrigation system or daily watering. From soil preparation to plant choices, here’s what landscape experts suggest for making your garden drought-tolerant and self-sustainable.

If you feel exposed in your outdoor space, or simply crave a sense of seclusion, there are plenty of ways to tackle the issue, depending on what you’d like to screen out and the setting and size of your garden. From planting tall or dense foliage to e…

This attractive London rooftop space was bleak and windswept before landscape designer Georgia Lindsay got to work. There was a tired barbecue and a couple of chairs (at risk of being blown around when not in use), but also a large, beautiful tree, ar…

Given the current global health crisis, it was perhaps not surprising that well-being was the overarching theme across the London edition of the 2021 Architect@Work Digital Summit. The summit, a series of six panel talks on different aspects of design…

When everything in a kitchen has its place, it creates a pleasurable space in which to cook, unpack shopping, tidy up or just hang out. The key to good storage is not always to create more space — it’s often about being smarter. No one knows this bett…

“We didn’t want to create something that really stood out,” says Ellen Sacks-Jones, the architect who designed this beautiful outbuilding at the end of her clients’ property. It was important that when the owners — or their neighbors — would look out …

There were many design challenges to overcome to create this lush, inviting and secluded urban yard — chiefly, its shape; the yard forms a perimeter around almost the entire detached house. “The plot comprised a number of unconnected zones: a narrow f…

Landscape designer Georgia Lindsay’s clients had seen a project of hers on Houzz with similarities to their own tricky plot, and got in touch to see if she could help them. That other yard also…

“It’s a long, thin garden, as with many London Victorian houses,” designer Simon Orchard says of his clients’ outside space. “These gardens can be tricky to deal with, as your eye is drawn to the end.” Orchard’s solution? An offset design, meaning the…