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INVEST WISELY IN BEAUTY, IT WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. Frank Lloyd Wright
THE STUDIO
SWABACK’S award-winning office, The Studio on Cattletrack, is a series of highly individualized suites arranged around a central garden. Among the design honors was the top AIA award in the state.
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WA BAC K is a team of dedicated professionals providing comprehensive architectural design, interior design, and environmental design services for extraordinary properties and clients expecting the highest level of personalized service
and design creativity. A growing portfolio of repeat clients is a testament to a consistently rewarding and enjoyable co-design process. Since it’s inception in 1978, and Inspired by an uncommon association with Frank Lloyd Wright, the firm’s custom home experience spans from Connecticut to Hawaii and from Lake Michigan to Lake Tahoe. International work has been provided for notable clients in the Middle East and throughout Mexico. SWA BAC K has a design record based strongly in sustainable building practices. In addition to design for custom homes, this unique design approach has been applied to numerous resorts, resort residential developments, hotels, restaurants, private clubs and spas.
RESPONSIVE DESIGN We consider our clients as “co-designers” to guide the design objectives. This collaboration is an effective tool to create and elevate the homeowner’s vision. The range of designs in SWABACK’S portfolio illustrates the effectiveness of this approach to design. The most exciting architect/client relationships push away all preconceived notions while exploring a richness of possibilities. Both client and architect dream of something neither has yet seen. Rather than starting out with “answers”, the goal of this process of discovery is to create something special and settle for nothing less.
ON TIME AND ON BUDGET SWABACK has an extensive list of satisfied clients. Meeting or exceeding schedule and budget expectations is a factor in this success. The general contractor selected for construction has a primary role in successfully achieving this objective, and as such, SWA B AC K would like to participate in this process. We have developed a process during design involving the general contractor that has been an effective tool to reinforce the schedule and budget goal.
CO-CREATING DESIGN IS A DIALOGUE OF DREAMS SHARED BETWEEN ARCHITECT & CLIENT
T H E R E WA R D S
OF ARCHITECTURE
ARE NEVER
G R E AT E R T H A N
IN THE DESIGN
OF ONE’S
OWN SITE.
THERE IS A M AGIC IN
BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS
WHICH EXERCISES
AN IRRESISTIBLE
INFLUENCE OVER THE
MIND OF MAN.
T H O S E W H O E X P E R I E N C E T H E T H R I L L O F PA R T I C I PAT I N G I N T H E C R E AT I O N O F T H E I R O W N P R O J E C T A N D S I T E ARE AMONG THE WORLD’S ELITE. No architect, worthy of the name, ever loses the thrill of imagining dreams into reality. The same is true of the best client. Children know the feeling of losing themselves in the fascination of making drawings and models. This sense of wonder is felt by client and architect alike, the difference being, that we get to one day walk through full-scale versions of our dreams. It would be difficult to think of anything more enjoyable than the opportunity to bring feelings to life, in support of life itself. S W A B A C K pllc |
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The process of design is a sequential pattern of steps, beginning with architect and client, followed by the addition of new participants, each one responsible for specific tasks within an overall framework. When done right, the process of design is every bit as exciting as the ultimate reality. Architecture is a deeper sense of design, that goes beyond the arrangement of rooms , spaces, and things, to the choices made when shaping personal environments. It is the pursuit of a personal ideal made real.
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BOOT RANCH Fredericksburg, Texas
RANKED
TOP
10
BEST IN TEXAS Golf Digest
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MARTIS CAMP Truckee, California
“MARTIS CAMP IS ARGUABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GATED COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY.” —FORBES MAGAZINE
TALKING ROCK RANCH Prescott, Arizona
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ARROYO ROCOSO Austin, Texas
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KEHKE RANCH Montana
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CAMP SOARING EAGLE Arizona
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ARTFUL LIVING BY WAY OF DESIGN IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF LUXURY
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THE ELEMENTS
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal. - Sumuel Butler
METAL Metal throughout history was developed as a tool to assist laborers. Hand-forged, melted by fire, the element was bent and shaped into art. Our interpretation of metal will take its beautry and pliancy and transform spaces with its substantive properties and contrast to wood.
Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
WOOD The world’s most abundant building material, it is easy to see wood’s stamp on historical Western design; providing the basis for everything from wagon wheels, fencing, buildings, and framing. Varying in color, density and strength, the design will highlight the diversity and organic nature of the material, including its signature knots and growth rings.
The Wildest colts make the best horses. - Plutarch
LEATHER Durable and flexible, leather was used as protection from the harsh environment of the desert, leading to its synonymous association with Western culture. What was once used only for protection has become a beautiful craft. Embossed, tooled, stitched, dyed or cut, leather provides a limitless canvas for design.
The future is a hundred thousand threads, but the past is a fabric that can never be rewoven. - Orson Scott Card
TEXTILE The weaving of fiber into yarn for textiles dates to prehistoric times. Its history is as simple as the technique; an element woven unto itself is innately stronger and more versatile. With textures ranging from the softest solid to coarse burlap and everything in between, textiles will add another layer of visual dimension to the design.
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