We transformed a dark courtyard that sat atop a parking garage into a Japanese style courtyard-viewing garden. Because the engineers set the maximum soil depth at 18", we created a 'hedge' of yews that in containers on the back side of an ipe wood and stucco fence to create the effect of a contained courtyard. Art Deco pillars in the interior lobby frame complete scenes and vignettes within the gravel, mondo grass, and Japanese Maple center garden