Austin Architecture and Design

With a wood-clad interior and a butterfly roof, this compact home by Mckinney York Architects balances affordability, sustainability, and privacy.

Bercy Chen Studio calls on Mediterranean and Islamic design to break up the starkness of an Austin home.

Alterstudio creates a soft-edged structure for living large on a standard lot.

Here’s your chance to scoop up a splendid seashell house by the seashore.

Transparent walls and Japanese design cues define this renovated home in an Austin suburb.

The ombré hues of this earthen ranch house are taken directly from Texas Hill Country.

A net-zero house for a family of five makes the most of its narrow lot with adaptable spaces and frameless floor-to-ceiling windows.

Webber + Studio salvages a 1909 dwelling in the historic Clarksville neighborhood.

This East Austin home has a flowing, open plan that makes entertaining a breeze.

The Tisdale Residence, steeped in original detail and sitting on a large two-parcel lot, asks $1.2M.

The husband-and-wife team behind Cedar & Oak Homes dream up a chic, multipurpose ADU.

Mindful living influencer Jules Acree shares how she and her husband focus on self-care during the pandemic.

Unit No. 3 in the Harwell Harris–designed Cranfill Apartments still shines from a mid-2000s restoration by Alterstudio and Mell Lawrence Architects.

Local architects from McKinney York explain their schemes for two sustainable models designed to give the formerly homeless a permanent place to call their own.

Minimalist with an ’80s attitude, this two-story garage and lounge is the ultimate showcase for the owner’s vintage car collection.

Skirting towering trees and protected by floating canopies, this urban oasis is all about the outdoors.

Last fall, ICON 3D-printed a welcome center for a new type of community in Austin, Texas—and now the first homes are complete.

Cantilevered indoor/outdoor spaces and towering walls of glass give this Rollingwood home a tree house–like appeal.

An architect teams up with Faye and Walker to build a white gabled lake house overlooking Texas Hill Country.

Designed by award-winning firm Alterstudio Architecture, this riverside house has a central courtyard that gives it an accordion shape.

A long-awaited renovation flips the script for a historic dome home with an awkward and outdated kitchen.

These clever interventions keep Austin weird—in the best way.

Canoe Goods founder Natalie Davis takes us behind the scenes of her creative process.

Ravel Architecture builds an efficient in-law unit in one family’s backyard out of board-formed concrete and steel.

First a Mission Revival–style church and later home to the Austin Boys and Girls Club, this converted building now holds four coveted lofts.

A year ago, ICON proved it could 3D print a home you’d actually want to live in. Now, it’s building a cluster of 3D-printed homes for the homeless.

Clayton & Little Architects’ sensitive treatment of a treasured Roland G. Roessner–designed home is a model for midcentury preservation.

Terrazzo flooring and built-in furniture are just a few of the striking details in this midcentury modern remodel.

A 1955 home is brightened up and reimagined by Austin-based Lemmo Architecture and Design.

From a tiny smart dwelling to an off-grid boathouse, here are five Austin homes that showcase the power of prefab.