Located in the established Westview subdivision, this challenging yet intriguing lot offered an opportunity to develop a customized, graceful solution to meet the needs of a young family. This contemporary, upside-down concept disguises the home’s 5,430 square feet by complimenting the extreme slope of the lot as it falls toward a nature preserve and creek. … Continued
The Cuernavaca Residence is the latest installment of an evolving two-acre family compound. Nestled in a wooded lot, the home pairs with an existing pool house. Board-formed concrete walls establish materiality for the new residence, home to a family of five. The house features rift-sawn oak, mill-finished steel, and panels of galvanized metal and concrete … Continued
The Greenbelt Overlook Residence belongs to a family of three and features a spectacular view of the Austin Barton Creek Greenbelt. The homeowners requested a home both serious and playful that referenced modern and rustic influences while hewing to neither. This puzzle, combined with a difficult site restricted by setbacks, protected trees, and utility easements, … Continued
In a quiet corner of the beautiful, oak-lined Barton Hills neighborhood, an extended family found an opportunity to create a private family compound. Two houses for two generations—the grand matriarch alongside her young family. A special vision for a unique property. Creating a sense of “retreat” was key. Bound by a common central yard, the … Continued
Tucked away on an urban corner lot in a dense, quintessentially Austin neighborhood, the 007 House borrows the spirit of the International Style movement, updated for contemporary lifestyles. The floor plan connects the indoor and outdoor spaces through the use of windows that not only allow sunlight to wash in, but also frame pleasant views … Continued
This recently completed East Austin project includes a new bungalow-style home and garage apartment. Elizabeth Baird, AIA, sought to bring freshness and modernity to the typical Austin bungalow by pulling apart the floor plan to connect it to the landscape, vaulting the main living spaces, and modernizing the finishes. As a result, the home feels … Continued
This home has been designed around the needs of a family of four who decided to start fresh with a new build in an Austin neighborhood they love. Functional spaces are combined with touches of high craft to create a seemingly simple building that maintains traditional elements of the surrounding architecture while being expressly contemporary … Continued
Austin architect Howard R. Barr, FAIA, designed this mid-century modern gem in the late 1940s. Repeat clients bought the house from Barr’s son in 2016, initiating a remodel and addition. The maintained brick, wood siding, and proportions of the punched opening entry respect the original design. The addition also incorporates the 10-foot ceilings and thin … Continued
This home belongs to a retired couple that enjoys Austin’s easy indoor-outdoor lifestyle. Embracing vernacular and elemental materials through detailed applications, the design introduces contemporary features to an established Austin neighborhood. The home’s façade consists of a transparent volume bookended by solid masses that direct views through the central core while providing privacy. Horizontal, modernist … Continued
The Bridle Path Residence invites nature inside with an open floor plan that incorporates natural light and native landscape while managing a 12-foot drop from the front to the rear of the property. A clean shed roof with wood ceiling floats over the front façade, connecting interior and exterior spaces and embracing the street. The … Continued