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THE TERRACE | The master bedroom was extended with a grid-like overhang and raised terrace that can be closed off for privacy with sliding panels. The hanging basket seat and a massive Hugo Franca chair made from a gnarly species of Brazilian hardwood serve as sculptural accent pieces. The terrace was further delineated with a narrow fire pit of river stones and a slit waterfall that pours into the infinity swimming pool below.

Landscape architects are usually the last ones called into a building project, brought in only after a house is completed. When the owners of an island property on Miami's Biscayne Bay dreamed of giving their 1950s home a treehouse effect, they took an unlikely route. They consulted local landscape architect Raymond Jungles first, before the structural remodeling.

Photos: Tropical Paradise in Miami

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The aptly named Mr. Jungles—working with a boxy 5,000-square-foot house situated on a nondescript 14,240-square-foot corner plot—began with the idea of an adult-size aerie that was tethered to the ground. And, in the process, he went on to transform the space into a tropical paradise. "I wanted to unify the exterior and interior and make it feel like a single environment," said Mr. Jungles, who has become one of the most celebrated landscape architects in the United States.

via online.wsj.com