Personal and private outdoor space is becoming ever-more elusive as
urban areas become more crowded due to population growth and increasing
development. Urban Oasis: Tranquil Outdoor Spaces at Home explores
projects from London to New York and Sydney to San Francisco that reveal
inspirational designs of rooftops, garden spaces, outdoor rooms,
terraces and courtyards, and provide refuge from the modern world with
private pockets of paradise. These outdoor spaces provide relaxing,
sociable, and plant-filled settings for residents to savor peace and
calm, and the company of family and friends.