We design and build outdoor living across the New York metro, the tri-state, and the towns just beyond. Rooftop terraces, brownstone backyards, courtyards, outdoor kitchens. The work happens on top of and behind buildings whose structure is already in place. If a design is already drawn, we build to it. If not, we start with a walk-through and draw it ourselves.
MintScapes was founded in New York to do one thing well: design and build the parts of buildings that live outside.
We’re a small team of designers and builders. Sometimes the design starts with us; sometimes it arrives from your architect or designer and we build to it. Either way, we work with the buildings already in place — their roofs, their backyards, their courtyards — and we make them feel finished. Most of our work is on private spaces; a meaningful share is hospitality and amenity. The thread is that someone is going to live in the space we leave behind, and we design with that in mind.
Every space starts with a walk-through and a sun study, not a stack of catalogs. We figure out what the space wants to be before we pick a single material. If you already have drawings from an architect or designer, we'll start there instead and build to them.
Design and install stay under one studio, from first sketch to final sweep. One team carries the project across every trade and every detail, so the space you sign off on is the space that gets built. We work alongside your building's structural and roofing pros where it matters; we don't replace them.
We tune material, plant, and light to the specific environment — the sun it gets, the wind it takes, the building it sits on. The goal isn't a look pulled from a catalog. It's an oasis that feels inevitable in that exact spot.
Year-one establishment is on us. After that, most of our clients keep us on a seasonal care plan. The same studio that built the space knows how to keep it sharp.
Based in NYC; we work across the five boroughs, Long Island, Westchester, northern New Jersey, and Fairfield County. Project size and access drive scheduling more than location. Send us the address and we’ll come walk the space.