Stage 1 of the Koi pond landscaping project.

Well I belive its time for an actual official first post. My current project, and its a big one, is a landscaping project in my parents back yard, it will have a Koi pond and other Japanese aesthetics to go with the overall Japanese theme I want to create.
Its been muddling away at the design stage for almost 6 months due my lack of any architecture. The first major hurdle was the Pump house as shown here, with the help of my dad I think I did a decent job with the over all design. Using Google Sketchup heres what I have so far.

Using Google sketch up has been a godsend for this project, and Iam loving the fact that its so easy to use. Heres a front view of what I like to call the skeletal structure of the building.

I couldnt figure out how to properly give the little house a curved roof, so I kinda cheated by adding some curved beams on the corner trusses.

Here Ive added the decorative details to the outer walls, I tried to emulate certain Japanese temples that I saw in pictures, but at the same time try to give it my own spin on it. The tub in the middle is where the Koi pond will be.

The deck Iam not 100% sure of the design, generally this is the size I want it to be, not very big, but big enough to put a bench on it. Still tweaking it at this stage.

Back view that will have a door, that I want to attempt to hide with the outer design of the walls.

My next step is to hopefully start construction on the flooring, which is the easy part. So I'am hoping to work on it this weekend.