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Clear ideas. Confident forms.

Contemporary

Expressive geometry, structural clarity, and homes that make deliberate connections to light, landscape, and views.

Our contemporary work explores the relationship between spatial ideas and buildable solutions. Courtyards, cantilevers, steel accents, and strong roof geometry are developed as parts of a coherent residential experience.

Contemporary Austin residence with strong geometric roof forms, mature trees, and exposed structural steel architectural accents

Custom home · geometric modern

Woodview Residence

A contemporary Austin residence with strong roof geometry, mature trees, and carefully integrated structural steel accents.

Reed Park Residence — architectural watercolor

Geometric contemporary

Reed Park Residence

Expressive roof geometry and warm stone frame a sheltered central terrace.

Gregg Bluff — architectural watercolor

Contemporary · Lake Casual

Gregg Bluff

Contemporary forms and relaxed Lake Casual character organized to maximize lake views.

Twin Springs Preserve, a Texas modern farmhouse rendered in watercolor

Texas modern farmhouse

Twin Springs Preserve

A Texas modern farmhouse on an acre lot, combining local stone, metal roofs, and a family- and entertainment-focused layout.

Contemporary Austin residence with local stone, board-and-batten siding, standing-seam metal roofs, and preserved heritage trees

Custom home · heritage-tree infill

Bull Creek Residence

A contemporary Austin home designed around heritage trees and a highly regulated building envelope, maximizing usable area with clean forms, local stone, board-and-batten siding, and standing-seam metal roofs.

Modern Austin residence with CMU masonry, cantilevered roof, geometric forms, and an interior garden court

Custom home · mid-century modern

Jeff Davis Residence

A modern mid-century-inspired residence organized around an interior garden court, with CMU masonry, a floating cantilevered roof, and clean geometric forms.

Contemporary Zilker residence with local stone, modern glazing, and a third-story overlook toward downtown Austin

Custom home · urban contemporary

Juliet Residence

A contemporary Zilker residence with a third-story downtown overlook, floating steel stair, local stone, and clean geometric forms.

Lake Travis residence with second-floor living, large elevated deck, board-and-batten siding, and expansive lake views

Custom home · Lake Casual

W Lakeview Residence

A Lake Travis upside-down house with main living on the second floor, a half-level porch, large view deck, two ensuite primary bedrooms, and simple fishing-cabin-inspired forms.

Conversation Pit Home — architectural watercolor

Unbuilt residential design

Unbuilt design

Conversation Pit Home

A sunken octagonal space for conversation anchors this unbuilt home, with inward-facing seating and a generous surrounding porch.

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