⟵ Canopy Residence

Two heritage live oaks were planted as sentinels of a quiet Austin street. This home is built around one of them — a 160-year-old tree whose age mirrors the combined years of the grandparents it now shelters.The first home on the street to embrace multigenerational living, it threads different phases of life beneath a single canopy.The existing house was deconstructed, its materials salvaged and woven into the new. From the street, the architecture is appealing but unassuming — neighborly in scale, generous without imposing. It is only as you move through the home that its true depth reveals itself.The architecture periscopes through the site among the pecan grove, peeling back the roof at four critical moments to harness natural light and draw sky and canopy into every room. Passive visual connection sallow family to feel together without effort.Terrazzo, terracotta, and red brick are cultural performances as much as architectural ones — making this house feel like home, even far from their homeland.