MALONE CLIFF HOME

Like the steps at the Campidoglio,”

the client told Bill Booziotis, FAIA when referring to the central staircase in the home he was designing for her. The home, sited on Malone Cliff near Sylvan Avenue, is laid out with thoughtful considerations such as this one.

By Ricardo Muñoz, AIA

The project began when the architect sketched a few ideas for a new home as a way to keep occupied while on a long trip to Norway and the Arctic Circle. The client had mentioned to Bill that were she to build a home, she wanted him to design it. This trip, a cruise, was the perfect opportunity to develop concepts.

When Bill returned from the journey, he presented different ideas, but one in particular worked well with the site and the views it offered. On Malone Cliff, the view of the Dallas skyline is east and slightly north, and the design concept made sure to take advantage of this. In plan, four piers, radiating from a single point, frame three connected spaces that all have large curtainwalls with views to the north and east. These piers not only help spatially frame the spaces, but they also act as structure and are made of concrete faced with Kansas limestone. The piers allow for uninterrupted interior spaces but also support cantilevers out from the cliff, the largest one 17 feet in depth. Bill’s desire to keep the floor assemblies thin at 10 inches in depth and flat underneath, with no drop beams, adds to the cantilevers’ dramatic effect.

From the exterior, on the south side of the project, the central stair of the home is expressed through a circular clerestory that takes on the dimension of the radial treads below. The shallow rise of the treads draws inspiration from the steps in Rome leading from the Piazza d’Aracoeli up to the Piazza di Campidoglio. The central stair, 20 feet in diameter, allows for light to enter from the clerestory and travel down to the lowest level as the treads stop short of meeting at the center. The treads also do not touch the outer perimeter, as they are supported by steel tapered bars perpendicular to a central box steel stringer that is only supported at two points (one at each floor).

As an avid traveler, Bill gained a knowledge of the natural and built environment around the world that undoubtedly served as a deep reservoir of ideas and beliefs. The care and detail with which he designed this home demonstrate an understanding of space, structure, and light by an architect distinctly informed by experience and knowledge.

Ricardo Muñoz, AIA worked for Booziotis and Company Architects in 2006-2008 and partially credits his passion for traveling to Bill. Ricardo is associate principal at Page.

Project Team

ARCHITECT: Booziotis & Company Architects

CONTRACTOR: Sebastian Construction Group

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Kevin Sloan Studio

LIGHTING: Oldner Lighting

MEP ENGINEER: Dale W. Caffey Consulting Engineers

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Datum Engineers

Photos by Charles Davis Smith, FAIA

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