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West Lake Residence

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  • Homie modern living room.
  • Cabinet cubbies of an office.
  • Geometric stair set.
  • fireplace on back deck
  • Modern kitchen with high ceilings and stools at counter.
  • Pool's view to downtown Austin.
  • Bathroom with blue tile wall and colorful granite counter.
  • The tree covered pool and back patio of a house.
  • Back yard of a stone and metal house.

    Las Brisas Residence - 2019 Homes Tour

This short piece was produced by Storyminute for the 2019 AIA Austin Homes Tour.

“We envisioned a house that was about connections, Connections of the house to the client and the people that come visit them when they entertain. But perhaps most of all the connection between the client and the objects and items collected from their travels all over the world. The Display cabinet in the dining room was a great opportunity to integrate those collections into the architecture of the house. Specifically, the African textile with its bold colors of blue and orange and yellow. The bold blue panels in the display cabinet actually pulled from the main color of the textile and are hidden from view when you are outside the dining room but when you enter the space it reveals itself when you start to engage in the objects on the shelves.”

– Brian Carlson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, McKinney York Architects

Project Details

Located at the end of a leafy street on a canyon slope, this house belongs to a newly retired couple. After living all over the world, they wanted a relaxed home to accommodate their art, gardening, wine-collection interests, and to host friends and grown children. The woodsy site was instrumental to the design and orientation of the house and pool, which offers both seclusion and a framed city view. The entry drive approaches from below the property, so extra care was taken to anchor the house and pool seamlessly into the landscape. The understated interiors (with one exception!) serve as a muted backdrop for the homeowners’ African textiles collected while living abroad. Creative moments abound: a studio opens to an al fresco workspace; sewing machines emerge from laundry room counters; and a built-in desk disappears under a fold-down bed in the study, to the delight of inhabitants and guests.

Recognition

  • Austin Home Magazine, Deck/Patio/Porch/Outdoor Kitchen, 2023
  • AIA Austin, Homes Tour, 2019

Publications

  • Austin Monthly Magazine, Meet the 12 Homes on the 2019 AIA Austin Homes Tour, Oct 2019
  • Patch, Homes Tour Showcases Best of Austin Architecture, Oct 2019
  • Stone World Magazine, Forming a Kinship with the Land, May 2020
  • Contemporary Stone and Tile Design, Personalizing a Living Space, 2020 Winter

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