Retama House by A Parallel Architecture – a name that doesn’t merely mark a location. It gives voice to a quiet, enduring conversation between human skill and the steady wisdom of nature. On a slender urban plot, a majestic live oak with a split trunk had stood guard for decades, discouraging developers from seizing its prime positioning and downtown views.
Located away from the bustling streets, Rollingwood House by A Parallel Architecture offers a serene retreat, harmoniously blending with its environment. The facade provides a quiet, durable backdrop that enhances the surrounding greenery.
The West Lynn House, designed by A Parallel Architecture, masterfully blends the old with the new. The project focuses on preserving and enhancing the original Georgian-Revival structure while simultaneously introducing a modern addition that contrasts yet complements the historic home.
The Mt Larson House is a stunning architectural project by A Parallel Architecture, located in Austin, Texas. This residence exemplifies modern luxury while being deeply integrated with its challenging hillside environment.
The design employs a large canopy structure, economically constructed but carefully proportioned and detailed, to provide for a series of outdoor living spaces arranged around a large central courtyard.
Situated at the apex of a natural sphere created by a convex cliff-lined bend in Lake Austin, the house welcomes one from the realm of suburban banality through a focused entry procession and into another world- one of verdant woods, rocky promontories, and meandering waterways.
Conceived of as a beacon-like sanctuary within its gritty industrial neighborhood, this 3000sf space serves as Top Chef and James Beard Award Winner Paul Qui’s flagship restaurant.
Like a butterfly specimen pinned to its mounting, this sinuous lake-front home’s light floating roofs are anchored to its site by heavy rusticated limestone masses, while its horizontal footprint is spread out and sewn through the vertical punctuation of mature sycamore, cypress and pecan trees
