# Mountain Brook Estate

> Custom Estate — Mountain Brook

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- Type: Custom Home
- Style: Modern European
- Place: Mountain Brook, AL

## Project overview

Mountain Brook Estate is a white plaster estate set into a wooded ridge in Mountain Brook. Steep gables, tall steel windows and a long colonnade give it one clear idea, carried from the front court to the back lawn.

The house is built around water. A reflecting pool runs the length of the entry court, and behind the house a pool terrace steps down the slope with a spa, sun shelf and outdoor dining. Getting plaster walls that crisp, with curves, cut openings and almost no trim to hide behind, is a builder's job as much as a designer's.

## What we built

1. Smooth plaster exterior with curved and tapered openings
2. Steel windows and doors up to two stories tall
3. Reflecting pool and colonnade along the entry court
4. Pool terrace with spa, sun shelf and outdoor dining
5. Site walls, stairs and planting built into a steep wooded lot

The page shows 19 photographs of this project.

Part of [Blackstone Residential](https://blackstone.build/text/residential).