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Project posted by Aamodt / Plumb

LAKE AUSTIN HOUSE

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Location
Texas
Year
2015
Structure
House (Single Residence)
Style
Modern
A combination of clear and translucent glass on steel shelves.
A combination of clear and translucent glass on steel shelves.
This project also includes a swimming dock.
This project also includes a swimming dock.
Artwork can also bring balance to a space, acting as a counterpoint to closets and doors, and introducing color schemes that play throughout the rest of the home.
Artwork can also bring balance to a space, acting as a counterpoint to closets and doors, and introducing color schemes that play throughout the rest of the home.
Tapered stone cladding creates a weaving effect on the façade of the house and its appearance changes throughout the day as the sun creates continuously shifting shadow patterns.
Tapered stone cladding creates a weaving effect on the façade of the house and its appearance changes throughout the day as the sun creates continuously shifting shadow patterns.
A unique scissor-like stair that stitches the first and second floors together from both sides of the house.
A unique scissor-like stair that stitches the first and second floors together from both sides of the house.
Lueders limestone was used extensively in the project and takes on many different forms ranging from cut stone pavers to monolithic load-bearing blocks to a special tapered profile that clads the main house.
Lueders limestone was used extensively in the project and takes on many different forms ranging from cut stone pavers to monolithic load-bearing blocks to a special tapered profile that clads the main house.

Credits

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Architect
Interior Design
Jennifer Vaughn Miller
Landscape Design
Michael Boucher Landscape Design
Builder
Dalgleish Construction
Photographer
Awards
Architizer A+ Awards
Publications
contemporist
Home World Design
architecture art design

From Aamodt / Plumb

This house on the banks of Lake Austin is the center of family and social life, a place to raise children and to entertain guests in the area and visiting from far away, and a base for getting to know and appreciate Austin. With strong ties to the city and a love of both the diverse culture and landscape, the family was thrilled to find one of the few remaining large lots on the banks of Lake Austin, only a twenty minute drive from downtown.

The site is unique in its size and character; it is relatively flat with dozens of mature trees providing a canopy of shade that allows the grass below to flourish. It has a large frontage on the lake as well as on a canal that is popular for boating and fishing. The property is also located directly opposite Mount Bonnell, a high point and landmark in the area, which is beautifully illuminated every evening at sunset.

The concept for the house is to embrace the site and the views, work around the footprint of the existing trees and enhance the opportunities for outdoor living. It is to be warm and inviting, yet sufficiently grand, on approach from the entry drive and casual and comfortable on the lake side where most of the family’s time will be spent. Because this house is intended to serve the family for several generations it will be energy efficient and built with high quality, long lasting materials such as local limestone.