Whit Preston is an Austin-based architectural photographer originally from Honolulu, educated at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His photo career includes six years with Gehry Partners and four years working in New Zealand, equipping him with a deep understanding of both design narrative and technical storytelling.
Specializing in residential architecture, hotels and hospitality, portraits, commercial work, and Japan-focused projects, Whit collaborates with renowned architects and publishers such as Tim Cuppett Architects, Gehry Partners, Dwell magazine, Houses New Zealand, and MOCA Los Angeles. His work is distinguished by its clarity, compositional precision, and atmospheric engagement with spaces.
LOCATION: Austin, Texas, United States
LEARN MORE: Whit Preston Photography
The goal for Camp Frio retreat was to create shelters with an environmental experience unique to its place where Summer madness gives way to Winter stillness. Where city life and digital stimulation are replaced by the experience…
Located on the bank of Shoal Creek, one of two primary waterways traveling through Austin to the Colorado River, Belmont Park House consists of two weathered Douglas fir clad volumes which rise above the creek from a…
Situated on a sloping site, Hollowcat Wild is a composition of three stone boxes. A guesthouse and garage stretch alongside a 6-ft-deep, 150-ft-long arching cut into the limestone strata.
Balcones house is perched on the edge of a fractured limestone cliff, which is a part of the echelon of the Balcones fault. Rooms look either downhill into the tops of trees in the ravine below or…
Clean design and sleek lines transformed this condo unit into a modern marvel. Studio 512, Nicole Blair, and WishTree cabinets, Matt Prine and Stjepan Boban, worked in conjunction with all other trades to bring this design to…
This 550sf apartment with 320sf footprint was shaped by impervious cover restraints, a tree, and an angled easement. The second floor leans away from the first to improve sight lines between floors and to fit the stair…
Project: Palma Plaza House Architects: Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects Location: Austin, Texas, United States Photography: Casey Dunn Exterior photography, stair storage and office nook: Whit Preston Palma Plaza House is an old cottage transformed by Hugh Jefferson
Austin architect Tim Cuppett recently designed the Hillside house in South Austin that conquered the problem of the two homeowners’ divergent tastes. The site is a one acre, narrow slice of hillside just blocks above bustling South…
