Residential Architect Magazine: Texas

1221 Broadway, San Antonio

Fri, 7 Jun 2013 04:31:42 EST

Lake|Flato’s task was to find the best use for 19 concrete superstructures spanning three city blocks that were built 15 years ago and then abandoned.

Outdoor Pool Pavilion in Texas

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:44:21 EST

A sunrise-to-sunset pavilion puts down Texas roots.

Before and After: Austin, Texas, Expanded Cottage

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:25:39 EST

A high-performance renovation brought this Craftsman-style bungalow into the 21st century.

Expressive Framework

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:55:24 EST

Recycled materials tell tales of past glory in a San Antonio home.

EHDA Merit Award: North Peak

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:50:16 EST

All of the products that went into this Austin house were surveyed to ensure that they were toxin-free.

EHDA Merit Award: Hacienda Ja Ja

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:50:11 EST

The compact footprint of this LEED-Platinum Texas home preserves existing live oak trees and promotes passive design.

Miller Ranch Porch House, Vanderpool, Texas

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:45:40 EST

Lake|Flato Architects creates a modular house that relates to its site.

Inside the workspace of Intexure Architects

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:37:06 EST

A Houston design/build couple creates their own live/work studio.

East Windsor Residence, Austin, Texas

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:29:29 EST

This home by Alterstudio Architects embraced its site and reaped the rewards.

Prototype Housing for Modest Means: Reverse Engineering the Rent, Dallas

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:30:05 EST

A scalable site plan of four-plex units offers renters the promise of home ownership.

Poteet Architects transforms a shipping container into a welcoming guest house

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:37:36 EST

In San Antonio, a standard shipping container morphs into a sunny guest house.

House 99, Houston

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:28:21 EST

Architects Gail Peter Borden, RA, AIA, and Brian Delford Andrews, RA, covered all the bases—affordability, sustainability, and energy efficiencyÑin this prototype Houston house.

Mod Cott, Burnet, Texas

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:28:33 EST

The jury loved the way this Texas guesthouse and weekend retreat juxtaposes rough-edged elements and polished precision.

Pilates Studio and Carport, Dallas

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:28:42 EST

Given a tight budget, Susan Appleton, AIA, LEED AP, produced an unfussy, yet elegant design for this pilates studio and carport.

A Dallas LEED Platinum Home Sits Lightly on the Land

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:35:00 EST

This 1,490-square-foot residence by Shipley Architects balances on a couple of steel beams, a few inches above the earth.

mckinney york architects

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:15:04 EST

Austin, Texas-based McKinney York Architects often weaves sustainable design ideas into its work. So when the 14-person firm moved into a building in the East Austin neighborhood last year, it worked hard to make the cost-conscious renovation as green as

stone unturned

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:54:40 EST

Candid Rogers, AIA, fell in love with a two-room stone house built in 1873. When the architect decided to renovate the tiny structure as his own home, he honored its intimate feel with a similarly compact 960-square-foot addition.

tower house, leander, texas

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:18 EST

Rather than remodel an old one-bedroom cottage as their main house, a Texas couple asked Andersson•Wise Architects to convert it into communal living space and to build this new tower for sleeping quarters adjacen

cinco camp, brewster county, texas

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:48:47 EST

Rhotenberry Wellen Architects, Midland, Texas. Shipping container architecture is nothing new, but adapting the shells for living often undoes their built-in economy.

alley appeal

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:18:17 EST

What began as a conversation about the brutalities of gentrification in urban neighborhoods may result in a new type of housing in Austin, Texas.