Lakeside retreat. Union Lake, Michigan.

Waterfall and stream. Lapeer, Michigan.

Drainage solution. Lapeer, Michigan.

Natural stream. Lapeer, Michigan

Basement window well. Clarkston, Michigan.

View from the basement window. Clarkston, Michigan.

Waterfall, stream, and pool. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Drainage solution; waterfall. Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Drainage solution with footbridge. Farmington Hills, Michigan

Drainage solution; stream. Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Cascading waterfalls wander through the yard and under a footbridge. Big Lake, Michigan.

Cascading waterfalls empty into Big Lake, Michigan.

Ledge rock. Wing Lake Road, Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

Outdoor shower, complete with bench and shampoo shelf. Brighton, Michigan.

Three live walls retain an infinity-edge hot tub, an underground storage room, and the lakefront. West Crooked Lake, Brighton, Michigan.

Ledge rock. Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Ledge rock. Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Rino wall. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Rino wall. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Curved Ledge rock wall and steps. Union Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Retaining wall to build the yard up to the driveways level. Pine Knob, Michigan.

Retaining wall to save the preexisting specimen Maple tree. Pine Knob, Michigan.

Privacy screening; stacked stone wall. West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Varied-thickness grey ledge rock. Island Lake, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Boulder retaining for terrace. Brighton, Michigan.

Lapeer, Michigan.

West Bloomfield, Michigan

Union Lake, Michigan.

Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Lapeer, Michigan.

Davisburg, Michigan.

Big Lake, Michigan.

Union Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

West Crooked Lake, Brighton, Michigan.

Maui, Hawaii.

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Lapeer, Michigan.

Union Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Double-tiered terraces separate seating areas and prep spaces. Walnut Lake, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Terrace off the walk-out basement, foundation for the first floor's pillared deck. Lapeer, Michigan

Built-in fire pit on the lower terrace. Lapeer, Michigan.

Poolside entertainment area. Clarkston, Michigan.

Entrance. Brighton, Michigan.

Infinity-edge hot tub with limestone border. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Multi-level entertainment space with fire pit. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Party Central...

Fire pit terrace stands alone. Nearby, Party Central terrace's hot tub cascades over the infinity-edge. West Crooked Lake, Brighton, Michigan.

Snack bar terrace, just below the Fire Pit terrace, two levels below Party Central terrace. West Crooked Lake, Brighton, Michigan

Poolside. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Tiered Terraces. Big Lake, Michigan

Walk the stone bridge across the creek from the dining terrace to the fire terrace. Big Lake, Michigan.

Tiered intimate sitting spaces, enhanced by water feature and pergola. West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Natural boulder seawall.

West Crooked Lake, Brighton, Michigan.

Natural boulder seawall. 

Big Lake, Davisburg, Michigan.

Big Lake, Michigan.

This habitat was designed and created to support indigenous fish and shoreline wildlife. 

Westacres Community, Middle Straights Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Installed in 2011. Designed to look as if it has never been touched by human impact. 

Westacres Community, Middle Straights Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Felled trees, stumps, rocks, and boulders have been placed to recreate shoreline habitat. 

Westacres Community, Middle Straights Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Refurbished existing Ledge Rock seawall during the late-summer low-water cycle.

Pine Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Refurbushed Ledge Rock seawall during spring's high-water cycle.

Pine Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Natural Boulder Seawall.

Pine Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

A peek into the construction process: pictured here is the yellow Turbidity Curtain, which enforces a sediment barrier to protect the shoreline habitat.

Green Lake, West Bloomfield, Michigan

Oversized Ledge Rock seawall, pictured during the construction process.

Island Lake, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan