A pergola and terrace extend naturally from the main house, designed by architect Bernard Perreault. The residents use the ample outdoor space for dining and relaxing with their children. Back-to-back banquettes anchor the area. The pendants are from Homier Luminaire.

Mass Studio completed the renovation of a 1960s house in Brentwood, California, that came complete with a classic midcentury kidney pool. During the renovation, the patio and area around the pool was refreshed with a lounge area, fire pit, and plants.

Pergola

In Sweden, architect Bengt Mattias Carlsson created a pavilion adjacent to a residence dating from the late 1800s. The pergola is made from glue-laminated timber beams set atop steel posts; it protects the pool from falling pine needles. George Nelson benches offer places to sit.

Carlsson used the same materials and timber sizes indoors and out to maintain a unified character throughout the pavilion.

Dining Poolside

The main showroom and event space is defined by a 50-foot-long wood table, made from three, solid Douglas fir planks. Dinesen's signature, clean floors cover the entire showroom.

Modern lines softened by these wood edges

The deck and pergola appear to be a natural extension of the home.

A wooden pergola adds shade to the patio. Terrace furniture by XX.

In the backyard, the couple added a pergola, greenhouse, and outdoor dining space for $6,000.

The pergola overlooks the pool with the Baltic Sea in the distance. The couple built the home so that there would be as much outdoor space as indoor space.

This project by Studio Saxe elegantly combines modern methods of construction with local materials and techniques. Villa Saxo is defined by an exoskeleton pergola structure that provides shade over large terraced areas while also creating a frame for the local flora to grow around.

A blackened-timber pergola extends from the modern barn that architect Greg Scott designed for Jody and Deirdre Aufrichtig in the Elgin Valley, an apple- and grape-growing region near Cape Town. Made of narrow slats stabilized with randomly scattered blocks of wood, it covers roughly half of the outdoor deck.

Hay outdoor furniture sits underneath the steel pergola.

concrete pergola

A pergola keeps swimmers cool on hot days.

Roof deck pergola

He devised the pergola to break up the mass of the house and integrate it into the site.

A wooden pergola shades the entrance to the home.

A wood pergola offers coverage while allowing light to filter inside.

Pergola/Patio

A reed and metal pergola structure constructed by PSS Design Cult.

Back patio/pergola

Front facade with cantilevered pergola canopy and shadows

Shadows of the pergola at rear yard patio

The pergola-covered terrace opens to an expansive grassy lawn.

Beams extend out over the facade, creating a pergola effect.

Now a painted wood pergola frames an intentional seating area.

This pergola-covered seating area, complete with hanging chairs, is off the living room.

A view of the catwalk leading to a bedroom. Blackbutt ceiling slats relate to the exterior pergola.

A translucent pergola shades this 183-square-foot studio made from hardy OSB.

A pergola over the dining area allows for privacy without obstructing the phenomenal views.

An outdoor dining area is offered some privacy by a pergola, intended to one day support vines.

To protect the home from the sun in the summer, the south facade has less windows and a pergola over the terrace.

The kitchen opens out onto the back yard, complete with a pergola.