The Westbrook Residence by Alterstudio Architecture reimagines suburban living in Austin, Texas, offering a refined model that balances modernity with neighborhood tradition. Situated in a post-war suburb undergoing rapid transformation, this 3,494-square-foot home honors the area’s low-slung architectural character while addressing its evolving demographics.
The Tarrytown House injects a tone of modernity into an otherwise traditional, post-war neighborhood, and defines a private landscape as the center of this family home.
We were inspired by the 12,000+ Eichler Homes of Northern California that posed unreconstructed Modern homes built by the post-war developer Joseph Eichler.
The Tumbleweed Residence reflects the owners’ desire to embrace a surrounding expressed in simple materials -steel, concrete block, wood- and celebrates craft and evidence of the hand in the construction.
Within a very ordinary neighborhood, the Constant Springs Residence is oriented to take maximum advantage of the unexpected escarpment, creek and natural views offered at the rear of the property.
The Sugar Shack Residence slips between a dramatic ravine and an intimate courtyard, both defining and accommodating its adjacent circumstances.
In Austin, Texas, where housing is in high demand, the innovative formation of two condos (a primary residence and an accessory dwelling unit) provides increased density and makes the South 3rd Street Residence affordable.
In the heart of the city and on a 50’ wide infill lot, the South 5th Residence is delineated as a three-story volume that—with an open living room suspended on two piers— deftly negotiates the city of Austin’s zoning regulations and the Oak’s critical root zone, nimbly avoiding tree roots.
