Architecture
Photos by Fine Focus PhotographyHouse at a GlanceWho lives here: A young couple with two sons and a dogLocation: Austin, TexasSize: Five bedrooms, 5½ bathrooms (including a pool cabana)Designers: Architect Hugh Jefferson Randolph, interior designer Page Gandy and builder Joseph Fowler HomesThe challenge: This family in central Austin needed a home that would not only fit into the 1940s neighborhood they loved, but also suit their modern lifestyle. Design challenges included dealing with tricky sloped topography; abiding by regulations regarding height, garage placement and a 45 percent limit on impermeable surfaces; and saving existing trees. Working together closely, the team of architect Hugh Jefferson Randolph, interior designer Page Gandy and builder Joseph Fowler crafted a beautiful home that has proper massing and setbacks.The solutions: “The question was how to create an urban-compound feeling on a long, narrow lot,” Randolph says. He wanted to do a complete site plan that included a usable backyard with pool and pool house that had a cohesive feeling as a whole. At the same time, he needed to get the scale and massing right. The in-town neighborhood’s lots are somewhere be...
Like this house
Love the glass and open space
Love the house!
The view is amazing!
Love the built in privacy. Nice contemporary look!
The glass windows and outdoor views
The glass
The house and outdoor space
Coffered ceiling on a higher ceiling
The artwork
The house
Everything!
Exterior interplay of textures. Like the space!
Blue ribboned gas fireplace!
Curving glass and stone walls! My favorite home which is most spectacular! Love it!
Shingle siding, especially the door and side lites. Door looks great with the stone.
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