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Birdhouse by North Arrow Studio

Birdhouse / North Arrow Studio

In the heart of East Austin’s transitioning Chestnut neighborhood, the Birdhouse by North Arrow Studio stands as a distinctive architectural project. Nestled on a compact lot shared with a historic 1939 bungalow, the Birdhouse is an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) crafted to seamlessly integrate with its natural surroundings.

Casey Dunn

Tarrytown House, Texas / Alterstudio Architecture

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. Caught between a walled garden along the street and a central courtyard behind, the interior opens resolutely to the out-of-doors under a ubiquitous ceiling plane and is minimally contained by custom site-glazed window walls.

Pemberton Residence, Austin / Alterstudio Architecture

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. Accordingly, we turned our attention to the design of a contemporary modern home that could be built affordably and reproduced like so many of the builder plans available in an array of traditional idioms.

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