Rick Cook waters plants in large wood planter and pots in covered porch outside house in Palisades New York by Charles P Winter renovated by CookFox.

Architect Rick Cook Designed a Home for His Family—Then Discovered Someone Had Done It Better

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A 580-square-foot terrace complete with outdoor kitchen sits above a new garage. The terrace’s design was inspired in part by New York’s High Line, says Rick, with its varied and immersive plantings, expanded steel-mesh guardrail, and lighting beneath ipe handrail caps.

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