Being a practical man, he decided to terrace the slope ... Then he cut into the slope to form four equal-size beds that step down to street level. Next, he dry-stacked stones (available from ...

The solution is a terrace, a flat area carved into the slope where hot dogs won’t roll ... because they’re spiked together, often gently stepped back into the hill. Precast garden blocks ...

On the minus side, a grassy slope can be hard to mow and prone to erosion. On the plus side, terraces can be built into slopes to create planting areas of different heights. The stair-step effect ...

But they also can change how water drains off a slope, both the surface water and, in the case of a "cut" terrace, the underground water as well. There are two ways to level the soil on the ...

In this case, the slope, which has been excavated, terraced and levelled, is reached by a steep driveway. The main house and separate gallery are two storeys high and step down the site on either ...

The second approach involves creating stepped or terraced forms that follow the slope, dividing the program vertically, and allowing each level to adapt to different elevations. The third builds ...