Mountain Top Residence, Austin / Dick Clark + Associates
Mountain Top Residence is a visionary residential design project sited at the peak of a street in the exclusive Balcones neighborhood.
About Dror Baldinger
Dror Baldinger, FAIA, is an architectural photographer based in San Antonio, Texas. His practice includes a panorama of projects, from commercial and educational projects, to jewel houses.
An architectural education, a career as an award-winning architect and design director, and elevation to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) are fully focused through Dror’s camera lenses, and inform his photographic compositions of architecture and interior design. His images facilitate aesthetic engagement and sculptural exploration of designed space.
His work has been published in books such as Contemporary Texas Architecture, Texas Modern, and The American House. He contributes regularly to Luxe Interiors + Design, Texas Architect, and Western Art & Architecture.
Dror is based in Texas and Brooklyn, NY. When not on assignment, Dror enjoys painting architectural interpretations of Le Corbusier’s architecture (see his paintings in the Personal Work tab), and traveling with his family.
LOCATION: San Antonio, Texas
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Mountain Top Residence is a visionary residential design project sited at the peak of a street in the exclusive Balcones neighborhood.
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