Canopy Residence / A Parallel Architecture
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.
A Parallel Architecture is an award-winning design studio located in downtown Austin. Focused on a collaborative process, they work with client, contractor, consultant and craftsman to create meaningful and exquisite buildings. Collaborating since 1997, partners Eric Barth and Ryan Burke established A Parallel Architecture in 2008. Together with their team of dedicated and talented architects and designers they provide their clients with the highest level of project management, service and design, regardless of project type, use or scale.
LOCATION: Austin, Texas
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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
The Collector’s House is a contemporary residence designed by Austin-based A Parallel Architecture Studio. The house is located in Sunset Valley, Texas, and has an area of 3500sf (325sqm). Commissioned by former New York city art collectors as their forever home, the limited footprint of this primarily single level structure floats above its gently sloping
A Parallel Architecture has modernized and renovated Three-Courts House, a mid-century residence located in Austin, Texas.
Project: Barton Hills house Architects: A Parallel Architecture Architect in Charge: Eric Barth, Ryan Burke Structural Engineer: JM Structures General Contractor: David Wilkes Builders Architect in Charge: Eric Barth, Ryan Burke Geotechnical Engineer: Kohutek Engineering & Testing Location: Austin, Texas, United States Project Area: 2968.0 ft2 Photographs: Topher Ayrhart Located on a hill in the