Dick Clark + Associates Casa Casey
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CONTENTS
Tobin Smith Architect Cottonwood Residence
Side Angle Side Casa Escuda
Matt Fajkus Architecture 136 North Blvd
Bernbaum/Magadini Architects Descendant House
Introduction by Helen Thompson
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Bernbaum/Magadini Architects Inglewood Courtyard House
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124 Mount Sharp Residence
Dick Clark + Associates
The Bellville Project
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146 Peregrine House Tobin Smith Architect
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174 Rio Vista Residence Buchanan Architecture 184 Secluded Ranch Sanders Architecture 196 Sumner Bohannon House
Mark Odom Studio Katzman Brandt House
Furman + Keil Architects Index of Architects
Reagan & André Architecture Studio
154 Preston Hollow Residence Specht Architects 164 Ridge Oak Residence Clayton Korte
108 Lavendale
14 Balcones Residence
Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects 206 Tangley Residence StudioMet Architects 214 Vale House
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smitharc architecture + interiors 116 M1700 House Ravel Architecture
Matt Fajkus Architecture Family HQ Viviano Viviano The High Road
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Ravel Architecture Hollow Way Residence
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Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects Lago Vista
Clayton Korte
Fortunately, the state already had a robust heritage from which Williams and Ford could draw inspiration: Williams noted in a 1928 magazine article that the early Texas settlers had left behind beautiful little houses that seemed to have “sprung out of the ground.” The refinement that everyone assumed could be found only in Europe permeated the unpretentious dwellings, which Ford sketched as the pair roamed around Castroville, Salado, San Antonio, and Moody.
INTRODUCTION
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In 1922, when Viennese émigré Rudolph Schindler completed his residence on Kings Road in Los Angeles, the low-lying dwelling modestly sited on a hill was considered the first modernist house in the United States. The floor plan of the sleek 3,500-square-foot West Hollywood home was like a puzzle, with interlinking L-shape apartments that allowed for four studios where Schindler, his wife, and their friends Clyde and Marian DaCamara Chace, could each work. The arrangement was unconventional in other ways: There were no designated living room or bedrooms. Even more radical, the concrete house opened onto surrounding patios and gardens, dissolving the barrier between the external world and interior spaces. Mostly, though, the significance of Schindler’s radical building went unremarked.
Far away in Texas, however, modernism had adopters. Two rule-flouting Dallas architects took notice of the site-specific movement that had made a quiet appearance in California after sweeping through Europe—David Williams and O’Neil Ford were bored with the decorative excesses of neoclassical design and were much more interested in context. They were fascinated by how a house finds its place in the landscape, how it’s sited, how it’s built, and what materials are used. They believed that terrain, climate, and culture shaped a powerful trifecta that enriched the strict requirements of modernism.
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Front cover photography: Casey Dunn (Specht Architects, Preston Hollow Residence)
The Lone Star State continues its love affair with innovative and contemporary architecture and design. Showcasing a stunning range of modern homes, this book will inspire best-design practice and spur on lifestyle dreams. Set out with beautiful full-color photography, New Texas Modern delves into the finer details of trending architectural styles. The exquisite kitchens, glorious living spaces, sumptuous bedrooms, luxurious bathrooms, spectacular outdoor entertaining areas, and other delightful spaces, are all part and parcel of the Texas residential dream. Abundant available space, a sense of the Texas architectural historical vernacular, and a need to cater to the harsh local climate all combine together to produce gorgeous and livable contemporary residences that delight the eye and the senses.
Back cover photography (clockwise from top left): Casey Dunn (Matt Fajkus Architecture, Descendant House); Chase Daniel (Ravel Architecture, The High Road); Stephen Karlisch (Smitharc, Lavendale); Ryan Ford (Sanders Architecture, Secluded Ranch)
$45.00 [USA] £35.00 [GB]