This luxurious vacation home was recently featured on the Emmy-nominated show “Staycation” as one of the top vacation rentals in Big Bear, California. The rustic retreat includes a scenic lakefront backyard which boasts an expansive deck with a fire pit, outdoor kitchen and outdoor dining gazebo featuring our flush mount WD-Series heaters for cozy mountain nights.

Our second installment of Infratech Visionaries spotlights award-winning landscape designer, fine artist and Park Slope Design founder, Joan Grabel. As one of the featured landscape designers on the HGTV network, Grabel has appeared on popular series such as Professional Grade and Landscapers’ Challenge. With every project, Grabel collaborates with clients to develop landscapes that reflect their interests, lifestyles, tastes and goals while balancing considerations like geography, climate, the home’s architecture and client’s budget.

  Founded in Los Angeles, CA in 2000, Tom Stout’s Stout Design Build is a start-to-finish landscaping and remodeling business. With a lifelong passion for the outdoors, Tom is dedicated to creating beautiful, sustainable projects. In 1996, he began designing and building landscapes, and has been building and renovating homes in Los Angeles since 2006. The Stout team specializes in the New SoCal Landscape, a fusion of form, function, and sustainability. Stout and his team have used Infratech heaters in a variety of homes in the Los Angeles area. We recently spoke with them about why they choose our heaters for their stunning spaces, how the Southern California environment plays into their design decisions, and which fall/winter trends they think have staying power.

Situated above the Sunset Strip, this one-of-a-kind $38 million home has major rock star cred. In addition to its coveted location above one of the most storied music scenes in Los Angeles, the Stanley House had bona fide rock royalty heading up the design team. Lenny Kravitz himself created the mid-century mod luxury home’s stunning interior design.

Roche + Roche is family-owned landscape architecture firm located in the beautiful Northern California city of Sonoma. Led by Landscape Architect David Roche and Landscape Designer and Horticulturist Nancy Roche, the prestigious firm also benefit from the skills and experience of Senior Landscape Architect Salvador Dávila and Landscape Designer Iain Pryor. Roche + Roche has a unique perspective, using their conception of “soft fascination” to create truly stunning rural contemporary designs.

Urban Oasis is a Seattle-area landscape design firm specializing in creative, sustainable outdoor spaces. Founded in 2010 by Landscape Architect & Project Manager Carrie Culp and Field Supervisor and Quality Control Manager Trevor Daley, the team now also includes Landscape Designer Cory Egan. The group is skilled in creating beautiful and enjoyable backyard landscapes as well as in constructing outdoor structures, kitchens, and fireplaces that expand the definition of outdoor living.

Scottsdale Property - photo via Bill Timmerman  California based award-winning architectural firm, Marmol Radziner, is known for their mid-century modern-inspired designs. Most of their single-family homes, such as the Scottsdale winter retreat and the Benvenuto Court mountain home, are designed for indoor-outdoor living and extensive use of the space year round. We talk to the team at the design-build firm about what inspires their unique yet simple designs, as well as where they see the future in outdoor living.

With over 55 years in both residential and commercial design, Studio H Landscape Architecture prides their business on eco-friendly, creative ideas that address modern design challenges to deliver high-quality results specific to client needs. Along with his designers from his team, such as the talented Tolalf Larson, Studio H principal Warwick Hunt uses the latest sustainable products and practices to offer a premium, cost-efficient design service from concept to construction. We spoke with designer Tolalf Larson to get a professional perspective on relevant landscape architecture trends today.