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’ve heard people say that building a new home can lead couples to divorce. This is accompanied by battle-weary looks and long sighs. But for my parents, building things actually seemed to be the caulk that kept them together. They
built their first house when I was four. They were so excited—there was a dirt-turning ceremony at the modest weed-and-mesquite-choked lot that became 206 Indiana. Someone spraypainted a shovel gold and put a bow on the handle. A priest was there to bless it, pictures were taken and there was cake. Over the 62 years of their marriage, Patty and Joe kept building. A ranch house out of cinder blocks, and, years later, a bunkhouse extension. Then a big, fancy home (after the five kids left … isn’t that the way?), complete with deer blinds, decks and gardens. Every time they unrolled blueprints they came alive. Eyes would light up as they pointed out design features and the ever-important party flow. No detail was too mundane for dissection — even picking out chair railing and door trim brought animated discussion. They started their last home project when my dad was 81. People that age might question buying radial tires with a 50,000-mile warranty. But they built a large custom home several states away. In the whole “thoughts become things” theory, building was probably life extending. My dad passed away this summer at 90, shortly after he — an oil and gas
My first real interaction with architecture was fictional. Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead” was Padre Island beach reading in my early twenties, the pages forever punctuated by Hawaiian Tropic and Slurpee stains. The author’s subtexts of objectivism and existentialism went straight over my head. I was focused on what a badass architect Howard Roark, the novel’s protagonist, was: building edifices that were out of step with traditional, accepted expressions of design. A nice read/re-read to accompany this month’s architecture issue.
guy — proudly oversaw building a wind farm on the family ranch. Watching them, it was clear that building is part creativity, part commitment and an inherently optimistic pursuit: there will be a future and we can take a big role in creating it. Maybe that’s why building feels so good, no matter what it is: a tree house, a raised garden bed, a bathroom addition, a new home. To build something for others is a huge responsibility, as is the pressure of getting it right. Will people enjoy inhabiting the space? Is it safe and functional? Will it be a good steward of natural resources? In this issue, we talk to architects who lasso art and function into elevated co-existence in places we love to inhabit and visit. There are peeks finding your inspiration between these pages.
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HISPANIC CHAMBER GALA The Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month on Aug. 27 with its annual gala and awards ceremony, CELEBRANDO Austin. More than 850 revelers packed the Hyatt Regency for a night honoring community leaders, celebrating with cocktails, dinner and entertainment by Mexican recording artist Fey. STREET ART: 1. Juan Restrepo & Gaby Aguirre 2. Emma Roberts & Zack Williamson 3. Shannon Kearns & Kendrie Dixon BIG BROTHERS: 4. Carissa Roper, Daniel Vu & Brooke Simms 5. Dr. Tejas Patel & Ami Patel 6. Jason Crawford, Whitney Morrison & Letsie Khabele HISPANIC CHAMBER: 7. Representative Lloyd Doggett, Mayor Steve Adler & Lee Mark Madrid 8. Monica Maldonado Williams & Mando Rayo 9. Franz Goldberg & Ines Morel
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ANNUAL AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY GALA GETS NEW LOOK On Sept. 8, the American Cancer Society hosted a party at Rock Rose Hall to announce the remake of their long-running signature gala. The Austin Cattle Baron’s Ball will now be known as the Austin Celebration of Hope. Partygoers enjoyed food and drinks, an acoustic performance by Julian Acosta and entertainment by DJ Christian Barbuto.
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After my kids were out of the “little kid” zone I could not wait to downsize. Truckloads of toys, children’s books (I kept the favorites!), outgrown clothes, errant Legos, and abandoned stuffed animals went to Goodwill and other donation sites. I sorted through boxes of kid artwork and agonized over what to keep. I threw away bags of old art supplies, dried-up paints, bottles of glue, broken crayons and scribbled-in coloring books. I finally admitted that I was single and approaching middle age and unlikely to have more children so I parted with old cribs, dusty folded strollers, high chairs with unidentifiable crust still lodged in the cracks, dog-eared copies of “What to Expect” and “Girlfriends’ Guide” and hideous maternity clothes that I was saving “ just in case.” We moved from a house that was way too big with a pool and a guest apartment into a cozy, efficient house that had not one inch of unused space. I felt clean and new and purged, ready to start a fresh chapter in my life. But wouldn’t you know, my kids kept growing! And we started growing right out
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home is the stopping point and launching pad
ideally with an Invisible Fence between them.
turned out that Luke and Grace could not share
between every sport and activity. My driveway
We need enough room to manage moods
a Jack and Jill bathroom (Duh, what was I
recently had seven, yes SEVEN, pickup trucks
but not so much room that we aren’t working
thinking? That always leads to broken crowns
parked in the driveway and on the grass. I love
through them together. We need the space to
and tumbling after.) Territorial wars broke
this. I grew up this way; my mother was mom
expand to fit all the people when we have them,
out over the upstairs media room. I started
to the masses and our house was always full of
and contract to be cozy and not lonely when we
to question how boys and girls just two years
people, food, acceptance and love.
don’t. To contract when they leave for college,
apart, with all their assorted attractive friends,
In the past year and a half, my beloved
and expand again when they come home (to
would safely navigate close quarters through
boyfriend Matt entered the scene and together
visit). Matt and I need space to be a couple, to
the teenage years. As much as I loved not
we have six children and four dogs. This means
be alone, to parent together, to parent apart.
having a yard and a pool and the bills that go
a lot of laundry, dog hair, chaos, food and fun.
We need sufficient space to create and eat meals
with them, suddenly my kids were never home
We don’t live together yet but on alternating
as a family of eight, yet not feel cavernous and
when it was hot. I didn’t like it.
weekends we usually have all our kids and
desolate when we’re just a party of two.
So after our downsize, we upsized. Now
their friends around. My architecture needs
The home we would need is basically a
we have a pool and a grill and I see my kids
change yet again, and I’m not sure who on earth
design enigma, an architectural impossibility,
again in the summer. I capitulated and let the
specializes in designing the unique space that
an AutoCAD quandary — a challenge requiring
kids have TVs, in hopes of boy-girl separation
we need now.
divinely inspired creativity, flexibility, optimism
during sleepovers. I have places to hide, read,
We need a house that adjusts to fit all these
and courage. It’s not easy to find a house that
work and escape the madness. We have a large
kids, with enough room to sleep, do homework,
reflects the sweet compromise between not
kitchen suited to cooking an endless supply of
play and relax. With six kids aged 16, 14, 13
settling and settling in.
food and a pack of kids are typically anchored
and seven, we need to separate boys and girls.
and floating around the center island. We live
We need teenagers with friends sleeping over
two minutes from the high school and our
to watch late-night movies in different zones,
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moonlighting as a cook in a kitchen where Sixth Street’s Coyote Ugly Saloon now resides, Mell Lawrence was ambivalent about his future in architecture. Fortunately for those who love his context-sensitive buildings — poured concrete studios, airy home remodels, the public restrooms along Lady Bird Lake — Lawrence obviously overcame his early uncertainties. His nuanced structures draw your attention to the natural environment as much as to the built space. His consistent expression of sensibility over one signature visual style might explain why his name comes up so frequently among his Austin architect peers. We met in his South Austin office where he’s been creating award-winning designs since 1991. His staff mingled about in the mellow, focused atmosphere. Lawrence is soft-spoken but ebullient. He spoke in paragraphs, his hands frequently covering his mouth, either in self-effacement or a desire to keep his volume down to not distract employees. Humility and zest in equal measure – a perfect extension of the kind of work for which Lawrence is so well respected.
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A lot of fellow architects are high on your work, and it came up multiple times that you are a respected figure here in town.
year, got a degree in architecture. When I went to work in an architecture office, it was soooooo quiet.
Austin got pushed into the limelight originally from the music industry.
And it was a hell hole: three partners who hated each other. I was excited
They came here because there was a good community of support. And
to be working, but I was like, “I gotta get out of here.” And all of that
I think that cultural ethic of support is something that spread into all
negative energy existed in a place that was very quiet. I was the head cook
these other things. I find that the architecture community in Austin
at a place where Coyote Ugly is now. I kept my shifts. That was survival
has really grown into something where [we] support each other, they
for me. But my third office was a good one. They actually treated their
cheer for each other, they want each other to do their best and shine. It’s
employees like they mattered. And I thought, “OK it can be like this.” I
enjoyable to work here like that.
knew when I quit cooking, it was because I said I choose architecture.
Are there aspects of other creative disciplines that you find yourself
Are there trends right now in architecture that you are particularly
drawing from as a source of inspiration?
drawn to?
This town is full of fabricators and artisans, steel shops and
It’s super exciting right now in terms of the technology. Even though
woodshops. I believe you use their knowledge and sit down with them.
people don’t seem to want to pay attention, the planet is in crisis. The
You work it all out with them rather than drawing it up and saying
way we live now is not sustainable. It can’t persist, unless there are so
“execute this.”
many technological breakthroughs.
I act as the orchestra leader, but everyone is welcome to throw in
Technology can be an incredible gift, or it can be used to make
whatever idea. You have to learn and pay attention to how everyone is to
everything cheaper and more convenient, with faster delivery but much
make sure it’s safe for everyone. A thousand layers of information, and
lower quality.
it’s all dynamic and moving.
Trends are fun to take a ride on, but there’s a shelf life to them. In a
I just try to hold the vision together. How well does the building
building, it’s such a long life cycle. And the downside is the same thing
work, how enjoyable is the building to experience [aesthetically]? What
that makes a trend fun makes it not fun once its shelf life is up. The very
are the opportunities you can imbue in the building with light and
nature of trends — you’re going to have a lot longer time when it’s not
composition? They’re all perfecting and pushing each other. It’s like
trendy.
being inside and outside of a giant Rubik’s cube.
Is there a public or natural space in Austin that is a good battery
It seems like professional creatives fall into two groups: those
recharger for you?
who discover their passion very young and those who wanted to do
When I take off from [my Bouldin studio] I go down to these little
something else and backed into what turns out to be their life work.
parks. It’s more like a little nature preserve. That’s where I escape to.
What’s your architect origin story?
In architecture, and the aesthetic sensibilities that I think about, you
I grew up in a house in Houston, in a little midcentury modern house.
can learn a lot just by walking through nature. Humans tend to want to
My father was an architect. My mother went to school in the fine arts. I
organize everything. But no one ever gets out of their car at the edge of
grew up in a house where discussion of performing arts and visual arts
a national forest and says, “This is awful, it’s so chaotic, look how messy
were just part of the dialogue. They collected art. They were very much
this is.”
modernists, but they made it their own. When you’re young and making a map of the world, I just thought that’s what the world was. When I went off to school, I did not know what I wanted to do. I really
I just like what I do. It’s a great profession where you get to work with super-interesting, smart-as-hell people that can do fabulous things. So I’m lucky. I feel lucky every day.
went to school as a social thing. I went to UT, I had friends going there. I had a friend who was in the architecture school, and my father was an
This interview has been edited and condensed.
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By Sarah Jasmine Montgomery Printmaker Jenny Robinson is an artist, not an engineer, but she sees a fundamental link between her postindustrial themes and the technical work her father and grandfather did. “I think it must be a genetic predisposition to look at things in [an engineer’s] practical and inquiring way,” Robinson said. “What does the skeleton underneath look like? What happens to materials as they age?” Flatbed Press Gallery’s exhibition, “Schema, Scale and Construction,” features some of Robinson’s latest work. The Gallery’s staff said they were drawn to the artist’s unique printing process and its alluring results. She uses altered archival cardboard instead of metal plates to produce larger, more textured prints. “It’s a technical innovation that we think is very interesting and wanted to draw attention to,” associate gallery director Annalise Gratovich said. “It’s great to have the ability to bring her here and give a bigger picture of what contemporary print making is.” Some of the work is inspired by actual places Robinson encounters, while others are more fantastical depictions of architecture. The use of dark ink and texture portray the structures as she sees them: monumental, but impermanent and prone to decay. Along with the exhibition, Robinson will be hosting a workshop at Flatbed Press to teach her printmaking process.
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THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN: JONES CENTER 700 Congress Ave. (512) 453 5312 Hours: W 12-11, Th-Sa 12-9, Su 12-5 thecontemporaryaustin.org BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART 200 E. MLK Jr. Blvd. (512) 471 7324 Hours: Tu– F 10–5, Sa 11–5, Su 1–5 blantonmuseum.org THE BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM 1800 Congress Ave. (512) 936 8746 Hours: M–Sa 9–5, Su 12–5 thestoryoftexas.com ELISABET NEY MUSEUM 304 E. 44th St. (512) 458 2255 Hours: W–Sa 10–5, Su 12–5 ci.austin.tx.us/elisabetney FRENCH LEGATION MUSEUM 802 San Marcos St. (512) 472 8180 Hours: Tu–Su 1–5 frenchlegationmuseum.org
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Seventies, Baby By Leigh Patterson Photographs by Casey Dunn
“I remember going to a lecture once,” architect Hugh Jefferson Randolph shared. “A discussion on fashion and architecture. One panelist said, ‘There’s so much whimsy in fashion, it’s too bad there’s not that in architecture.’ I heard that and thought, ‘Well … there could be.’” At Margy and Fred Kennedy’s Tarrytown house, he found the evidence: it’s one of those places you enter and immediately begin imagining the stories that have unfolded inside. “We felt like the Rat Pack needed to be hanging out in here,” said Margy. Think: pops of turquoise paired with apricot, clean Palm Springs whites, cozy walnut, intricately carved wood details, etched frosted glass, lots of brass, sunlight streaming in. Think: “70s, baby!” exclaimed Margy, springing from room to room to point out favorite details. “Look at this!” she shouted from around the corner, opening what appeared to be a hallway closet to reveal a tiny office, complete with fold-out desk and an old school, wall-mounted pencil sharpener.
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Architect Hugh Jefferson Randolph strove to create a remodel that achieved “inevitable” design.
The Kennedys’ house, built in 1972, was originally designed by
their “dream house.” During one of these drive- bys, they serendipitously
Odessa architect J. Ellsworth Powell. Growing up in nearby Midland,
found a moving truck parked outside. Knocking on the door, they met
Fred Kennedy’s childhood home, also built in 1972, was designed by
the owner, who took them on a walkthrough that day. At the time, the
renowned Texas architect Frank Welch. Welch and Powell, as it turns
house had gone through a few remodels and had a Santa Fe aesthetic —
out, shared similar sensibilities about design. Both worked to bring the
lots of terra cotta, rusty pinks and a big chiminea fireplace in the main
outdoors in by creating lots of opportunities for light: big light-entic-
room. But when Margy and Fred walked in, all they saw (and felt) were
ing windows, unexpected cutouts and skylights. These details found
history and waves of nostalgia … plus the potential to restore it to its
another home in the Austin house: one of its best is a skylight hidden by
1970s glory.
a beautiful stone archway — when you look at it straight on, you just see a beam of cascading light. Margy and Fred found (and fell in love with) the four-bedroom house
The Kennedys enlisted Randolph and Melde Construction Company to translate their vision. They began work together with these guiding principles: respecting the space and letting the home’s personality speak
in 2013. Within Tarrytown, it’s a little off the beaten path. At the time, it
for itself by removing unnecessary additions. “The best thing about this
wasn’t on the market, but they drove by on several occasions to admire
house is the quirk, the character,” Randolph noted. “Our job was not to
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try to mimic that or add more whimsy. It was to make the design seem inevitable … like it couldn’t have existed any other way.” The renovation started in the main living room, where Randolph stripped back the space to showcase its A-frame structure, original textured Palomino stone columns and wooden ceiling beams. Work centered around the room’s focal point: a clean marble fireplace, with small stacks of Travertine above a sturdy but sleek cantilevered hearth. The couple found the Travertine slab on one of many trips to a stone yard, and sketched out the idea to stack it in small pieces — a modern interpretation of a midcentury motif and a counterpart to the dining room’s stone archway. The kitchen was completely re-envisioned and expanded. Design-wise, it cues another era in palette — shades of turquoise and powder blues, complete with painted wood cabinets — but is modern in material, with Caesarstone countertops. Adjacent to the main room, the team transformed a white sitting room into a cozy library, a true midcentury modern nod with walnut walls, ceiling and custom cabinets built by Honea Woodworks (also envisioned in a sketch by Margy). An enclosed TV room and study were something Fred loved in his mother’s Midland home, and was insistent on recreating in this new setting. Owners Margy and Fred Kennedy were bent on keeping the quirk and character of their 70s abode in the house’s remodel.
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Yet in a house all about story and memory, perhaps what’s striking — and very important to its design — are the details. “Most of my favorite parts of this house are the unique moments,” explains Randolph. “There’s the spot under the arched skylight when the sunlight comes in, there’s the carving on the front door … it’s fun and it’s bold. It’s character that roots you where you are, inspires you to create your own story.” It’s also a reminder: sometimes what you’re looking for is already there, quietly waiting to be rediscovered.
The Backyard Buffet By MP Mueller Photography by Leonid Furmansky
For you architecture aficionados: here’s a ready buffet to
and a commitment that we would have ‘no more workaday
whet your design appetites … right in your backyard. Stroll St.
buildings,’” shared Paige Booth, Vice President of Marketing
Edward’s University’s 168 acres and view an impressive collec-
and Enrollment at St. Ed's. “The newer architecture is quite
tion of buildings designed by local, national and international
modern but pays respect to our landmark historic buildings
Pritzker Prize-winning architects. (Basically, Pritzker Prizes are
and unmatched views of Austin.”
the architecture community’s Nobel Prize.) This treasure trove was “guided by a master plan, a vision-
While the university is private, as are the grounds, they welcome visitors to wander around and enjoy.
ary president, a passionate trustee [Austinite Melba Whatley]
John Brooks Williams Natural Sciences Center • Built: 2013. • School of Natural Sciences • Architects: Moore, Ruble, Yudell - Santa Monica, CA
Doyle Hall • Built: 1959. Remodeled: 2009. • School of Social and Behavioral Sciences • Architect: Specht Harpman - New York City & Austin
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Hunt, LeMans, Johnson Hall • Built: 2009. • Residential Hall • Architect: 2016 Pritzker Prizewinner Alejandro Aravena - Santiago, Chile
The UFCU Alumni Gymnasium • Built: 1950. Remodeled: 2014. • Architect: Mell Lawrence Architects - Austin (remodel)
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Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel • Built: 1950. Remodeled: 2014. • Architect: Pollen Architecture - Austin
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Trustee Hall • Built: 2002. • The Bill Munday School of Business • Architect: Andersson Wise - Austin
Main Building • Built: 1888. • Administrative Offices • Architect: Nicholas Clayton - Galveston
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THEY BUILD THIS CITY By Brittani Sonnenberg, MP Mueller and Anne Bruno Photographs by Bill Sallans
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We recently gathered some of Austin’s leading architects at the former Central Machine shop on East Cesar Chavez. Left to right: Murray Legge, James Shieh, Tim Cuppett, Matt Fajkus, David Kilpatrick, Wilson Hanks, David Webber, Jay Dupont, Michael Hsu, Hugh Jefferson Randolph, Scott Specht, Stuart Sampley, Arthur Furman, Miguel Rivera, Igor Siddiqui, Ryan Lemmo and Stephanie Lemmo. Not pictured, but included in article: Arthur Andersson, Thomas Bercy and Chris Krager. tribeza.com
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Once you’ve lived in a city for several years — or even several months — its streets and structures can grow so familiar that you barely see them. It’s only from a wildly different angle: looking out the window as your plane lands at the airport, or showing a visiting best friend around town, that your vision is revived, and revised. Spend ten minutes talking to an architect, and a similar jolt occurs. Their subtle understanding of structures transforms your own: sharpening and nuancing your notion of A House. A Skyscraper. A Public Bathroom on Town Lake. For this issue, we wanted to put on architect glasses. Not because they’re so damn stylish, but because we wanted to see architecture, and Austin, in a new way. We picked the brains of some of our most groundbreaking and refreshing architects in town. Their beautifully honest, articulate and astonishingly modest answers (they loved talking about their favorite works by other architects as much as they enjoyed discussing their own new projects) blew us away. We think you’ll enjoy them, too.
What new architectural trends do you find exciting and inspiring? Which are you pointedly ignoring? Michael Hsu: I’m excited about the abundance of new tiles and the ability to custom-create patterns and colors. We also enjoy working with thin stone and tile veneers in very large sheets — there’s lots of potential for new ways to use these traditional finishes. I’m less thrilled about fake vintage wood. It can give a warm feel and color to a space but we warn against overusing it. Arthur Furman: Pinterest and social media have actually accelerated the rise and fall cycle of popular trends. As an architect, I am more interested in the pursuit of something timeless, as opposed to timely. In general, though, I think we are seeing a return to very simple, straightforward design. In the midst of a cheap, so-called “modern” construction boom in the speculative residential market, there is an underlying desire for buildings and places that feel real, that have a soul, and are built to last. Ryan and Stephanie Lemmo: We like how interest and excitement about “local” is bringing more awareness to Austin craftsmen and fabricators. There is a growing awareness of who actually creates the beautiful furniture, light fixtures, casework and special pieces in our homes, restaurants and offices. Better collaboration between fabricators, owners and architects is creating some really exciting new spaces. On the flip side of this, we try to avoid any project or situation where the architect becomes more important than the work.
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Hugh Randolph: My least favorite trends are floating shed roofs and the “soft-contemporary” style. It wasn’t good for music and it’s not good for residential design! The modern farmhouse can be a good thing – but it seems like it is close to being overdone. David Webber: There is a trend for very dark or even black exteriors. In our climate, that is like putting a heater on the outside of your building … we don’t need to add more heat in Texas. Another one is no overhangs. While we agree that no overhangs is really striking aesthetically, it is one of the first ways to introduce problems in performance of a building. Not only do overhangs provide much needed shade in our climate, but with the torrential rain we get, we always feel like a design with an overhang will perform better. Murray Legge: We have several shared residential projects where the clients are going in on a project as a group and building homes together on the same property. For one of the projects, we’re designing four separate homes for four different clients. They bought the property as a group and have hired us to design each of the four houses. It’s a fun, collaborative and econom-
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ical way to work where everyone is contributing to the process and project as a whole. Wilson Hanks: I have a special distaste for multi-material facades. (Just look at @uglyaustinhouses on Instagram.) Life is complicated. Keep design simple! Matt Fajkus: The evolution of digital design and fabrication process is a fun new trend to follow. We’ve aimed to experiment with this sort of technology in our installation designs and then to carefully incorporate it into our design process and construction techniques in small doses.
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What architectural principles do you live by? Are there any that you’ve shed over the course of your career? Jay Dupont: When given the opportunity, we embrace the Central Texas material and space planning palette with a modern approach and aesthetic. Maintaining this indigenous undertone gives our building a sense of place congruent to the central Texas landscape. David Kilpatrick: Although it is terribly cliché, I live and die by less is more. We edit, edit, edit and strip away until the composition can be reduced no further. Early in my career, I considered only “modern” houses to be beautiful. As I’ve matured architecturally, so to speak, I recognize a well-edited “traditional” house is just as beautiful as the best “modern” Jay Dupont
house. James Shieh: Of prominence are energy efficiencies from “passive design” where the site and climate help to dictate the design to allow greater energy efficiency for our comfort. As designers who do understand how this can inexpensively benefit the users and community as a whole, it is important to consider this in every project. Michael Hsu: The more we’ve done and the more we’ve learned has me wanting to couple that with the fresh, naive designer I was years ago. It’s a desire to forget about the rules you know but do it with all the knowledge we now have about making spaces and experiences. Arthur Furman: I believe in small living. An efficient floor plan is about identifying what is truly important for the day-to-day life in that home, for that family. Creating spaces for highly-focused engagement with family and friends, and eliminating unneeded spaces that distract from these moments, I believe, yields a far greater quality of life than a large, sprawling home. Igor Siddiqui: The belief that architects shape more than just buildings and that our work influences
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the environment at all scales — from extra-small to extra-large — has led me to numerous exciting design opportunities over the years. The idea that we must be doing it all at once is something I have thankfully let go of.
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Hugh Randolph: I follow five principles: • Architecture is an art and, like all art, should elicit emotions by deploying memory, cultural associations, sound, color, etc. But this should be a key goal and not an afterthought. • Architecture should reflect the personality of the owner and the site. • Architecture is experienced through movement, and the choreography of experiences as one moves through a space should influence the design. • Architecture should employ natural light as an important factor in shaping a design. • This is a combination of the four items above: Architecture should tell a story! David Webber: Our projects are steeped in four driving principles: Functionalism, Expressionism, Regionalism, Minimalism. Thomas Bercy: We like creating regionalist architecture that draws from a diversity of local inspirations, ranging from the unique geology of Central Texas, to various primitive archetypes. Scott Specht: One of my teachers at the University of Florida, Harry Merritt, studied under Mies van der Rohe. “When two different materials come together,” Merritt stressed, “you must always reveal that this is one material, and this is another.” When you learn that system, it never leaves you. It doesn’t feel right to me if you slam materials into each other. Working in New York also deeply influenced my approach. You learn that tiny inches matter in the proportions and scales of rooms. Even when you have a house with a site that is wide open, if the rooms aren’t proportioned well, it will utterly change the feel of the house.
Which public spaces speak to you most deeply in Austin – are there specific buildings or natural spaces that inspire your work? Do you return to these buildings again and again, like favorite books or movies? Tim Cuppett: The French Legation [Museum] inspires me, and I have the pleasure of stopping by the South Congress Hotel, by Michael Hsu, for coffee between construction meetings, again and again. James Shieh: It’s interesting that the “space” that speaks to me the most and has shaped my perspectives is a part of the public realm. The Butler Trail at Lady Bird Lake, and its connected networks has been my cornerstone for many years. Everything is available from it, from the places to eat, read, work and play. Ryan and Stephanie Lemmo: We love James Turrell’s Skyspace at UT. We go back all the time to just meditate and reflect in an environment that is different every time we go. Chris Krager: I think we have a bit of a deficit of public space in Austin. Aside from our park system, which is top-notch, we don’t have a town square. As a result of not having as much Tim Cuppett
of this civic infrastructure as older, established cities, what we end up with in Austin are more provisional gatherings, such as what happens with SXSW, or the plethora of other festival/events we have here. Thomas Bercy: Erosion patterns in the limestone and granite in and around Austin have been a great source of inspiration for us. It has helped us generate some of our more extreme geometry while remaining contextual. Places like Enchanted Rock, Hamilton Pool, and the greenbelt all have qualities that are very architectural. Scott Specht: I like Austin’s Cathedral of Junk. Bizarrely visionary folk artists build these things. It’s always been a goal of mine to come up with a roadside attraction when I retire: setting up something on the side of I-35 and running it for the rest of my life.
A recent Slate podcast discussion revolved around writers who were deeply invested in questions of architecture/ design, such as Edith Wharton and Martin Heidegger. Or Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities” comes to mind. One of the Slate editors brought up the idea of architecture as autobiography. Does that idea resonate with you? Does your approach to architecture echo something essential about your own personality? David Kilpatrick: I absolutely believe in architecture as autobiography! My portfolio is a record of my thoughts on and contributions to the built environment. The early chapters are horrifying at this point; I hope I am making for a better read now and in the future. James Shieh: In a sense [you could consider architecture as autobiography], however every project is [also a reflection of its] own collaborative crew and desires of the client. I remember a home we designed on multiple lots with amazing views, but the client wanted a castle! For those experiencing it, it missed the point of what the site had to offer. Was the design about me or the other artisans? No … but the design was a good reflection of the client on so many levels. In this case, as the designers, we were the client’s biographer. Arthur Furman: I love this question because I read Calvino and Heidegger in architecture school at RISD. However, I tend to reject the concept of architecture as an autobiography of the architect. I would say that the best architecture happens when the architect’s ego is removed entirely, allowing the design to be guided by the constraints and opportunities at hand.
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Chris Krager: I am definitely a product of my environment. As a fourth generation Detroit-er, a product of working class/Midwestern sensibility and mores, my work has fairly pragmatic underpinnings. What makes a place “Architecture” and not just building is finding the poetic within the pragmatic. Hugh Randolph: Architecture is very much autobiography — even if that’s not the goal. I was born in an old city — New Orleans, and then lived on a block as a young boy in Houston with friends whose father was among the first in the Apollo program and on the moon. They had houses right out of “Mad Men”/ “Brady Bunch.” I like to soak in all aspects of the world around me ... Thomas Jefferson is my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, and I’m the recent president of the Monticello Association, the group of descendants. We visit Monticello most every year since I was a child, and I am now designing an extension to our family graveyard there where Jefferson is buried. Monticello looks traditional on the surface, but upon closer inspection it is very inventive, quirky, and eclectic. In
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that sense I hope some of it has rubbed off and influenced me. Thoms Bercy: Absolutely. Architecture like any art has a lot to do with one’s past. My business partner, Calvin Chen, and I are from Taiwan and Belgium, respectively, which are quite distinctive places. Our work has both Asian and Western European qualities, which we have often juxtaposed to create a unique sense of place. Memories and architecture are connected in many ways. This connection allows one to be transported to distant travels, one’s childhood, or even to a different state of being.
Do you ever incorporate feng shui or other disciplines to your design? James Shieh: I do incorporate some feng shui into my designs, but I don’t let it dictate my approach. I have seen feng shui used successfully in a particular building, but compromise the larger community approach. Of importance to me is designing to acknowledge that there is a public realm with its own yin and yang, which also experiences and interacts with the design. Michael Hsu: Yes, I incorporate feng shui, but also vastu shastra, the traditional Hindu system of balancing architecture and nature. Hugh Randolph: On our recent Scenic Drive project we aligned the staircase to avoid descending towards the front door. This is a [feng shui] principle to keep energy and luck from flowing out of the house. Miguel Rivera: One of our more immediate examples of utilizing these practices was for the recently completed Chinmaya Mission Austin, a nonprofit Hindu temple and education center. The campus combines the vastu shastra principles of Hindu design — emphasizing geometric patterns, symmetry, and directional alignments — with a contemporary sensibility. Miguel Rivera tribeza.com
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Wilson Hanks: Yes, we incorporate feng shui, although it tends to manifest itself on an extremely intuitive level. I study people. It is our desires that manifest disciplines such as feng shui; these are simple but powerful universal concepts that unite us.
Which recently designed home or building in Austin do you most admire – something you wish you could claim as your own work? David Kilpatrick: Prospect House in Drippings Springs by Max Levy is maybe the most beautiful building I’ve ever seen. There is nothing particularly precious about it. The repetition of simple forms and unpretentious materials is evidence that pretty doesn’t Wilson Hanks
have to be expensive.
Tim Cuppett: This isn’t a recent build, but I [was deeply moved] by architect Herbert Crume’s former home, built for himself in 1955, which he recently renovated for its current owner. I wept upon entry during the 2014 Preservation Austin Homes tour featuring midcentury dwellings. Michael Hsu: I have a lot of respect for Mell Lawrence’s work, and would happily live in a home of his design. I’m sympathetic with his approach to materials and appreciation of textures and natural pattern making, and doing it quietly. David Webber: My favorite house in the city, by Bercy Chen, is partially submerged. It is called the Edgeland House. It was designed and built several years ago, but it remains one of my favorite houses because it is conceptual and elegant. Arthur Furman: The steel and concrete restroom buildings on Lady Bird Lake designed by Mell Lawrence make me want to punch my own face, they’re so good. Ryan and Stephanie Lemmo: We love the restaurant work Michael Hsu is doing (have you seen the new P. Terry’s on I-35?). Alterstudio maintains such discipline with their residential work, and everything that Drophouse fabricates is just so, so cool. Igor Siddiqui: That’s easy: Bercy Chen Studio’s Edgeland House on the east side. It comes with a couple of the smartest and kindest Austinites as its inhabitants that I can think of, Chris and Agi.
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Feng Shui and the W Hotel Arthur Andersson: We utilize feng shui in our design. Perhaps the most public example in Austin is the W Hotel. In the initial phases of the design, I was asked by the mayor and city council to define how our new 40-story project would be sensitive to the then newly-completed city hall. Feng shui speaks of the fortuitous nature of siting a building that houses the seat of government with a protective mountain behind and a view of water in front. For the city hall, The W is composed to be the protective mountain, allowing views and connection to the water, [Town Lake], in front. W Hotel behind Austin City Hall
The Ultimate Bespoke House Scott Specht: We’re designing a house for a very interesting couple in New Jersey. There’s no living room, and there’s no kitchen. You can’t worry about resale if you’re designing a house like that. Her big thing is doing all of her entertaining in her closet. She wants a giant closet where she can have ten friends over and hang out … a closet that has couches and mirrors, connected to a giant bathroom, totally separated from his side of the house. He has a gym. There’s no living room. They have a party space around the pool, but they have no kitchen. He has a little space for making smoothies, and she barely eats so there’s no co-kitchen. It’s a very unusual living situation.
Thanks to: The talented furniture makers at Petrified Design, Tyson Pendergrass and Gable Bostic, for the loan of their stylin’ wood and steel chairs and benches for this photo shoot. petrifieddesign.com Viceroy Realty Advisors, and two of its partners, brothers Aaron and Andrew Ashmore. They answered the call when we wanted to use the old Central Machine Works warehouse on East Cesar Chavez for this photo shoot. This building, where giant lathes once turned steel, will soon become a craft brewery and beer garden. The Ashmores are also partners in a riverfront 50-room hotel project to be built on Red Bluff Road in East Austin. viceroyra.com
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The corner windows and dark colors of the exterior are just two elements that subvert the home’s traditional farmhouse frame. The owners were inspired to paint their exterior a dark, almost-black shade after seeing architect Stuart Sampley’s home in a similar hue.
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A Bumper Crop on a Bull Creek Lot The modern farmhouse like you’ve never seen it. By Taylor Prewitt Photographs by Casey Dunn
This home on Lakemoore Drive, in Austin’s Bull Creek neighborhood, has its roots on the farm, but its soul plows a more modern vibe. The project got its start when a couple tried to remodel their existing house to meet the needs of their young family and lifestyle. When they found they just couldn’t achieve what they wanted, they looked down the street and bought an empty lot 1,000 feet away.
Interior designer Jennifer Greer Hartmann doesn’t remember the last time a client requested “as many chairs and as big of a table as possible.” In the dining area, 12 seats surround the 14-foot table, with an additional four stools at the kitchen’s island.
After purchasing the lot in 2014, they approached Austin architect Stuart Sampley, hoping for a floor plan that reflected how they lived (with two young boys) and how they entertained (often). Their new home’s cohesive layout — clean lines and open spaces, furnishings and modern pool was born of a deep collaboration with Sampley and other designers. The architect created a unique, Z-shaped layout for their 4,513 square-foot home, an update on the traditional farmhouse frame. That aesthetic — a twisting of timeless classics — is one that’s carried throughout the home’s master and guest suites, kids’ rooms, living spaces, dining area and media room. Inside, expansive white walls give way to wide, open spaces offset by painted and finely milled shiplap: a subtle, polished nod to farmhouses of old. Outside, what appears to be wood siding is really a textured, HardiePlank material, painted in a deep, nearly black gray to offset the classic lines and give the structure a look that quietly subverts its genre of origin. Nods to this design heritage are present throughout. At the owners’ request, Lakemoore was built to last, made with quality materials capable of withstanding time, as well as the couple’s children. Everything from the way the house was framed to how the trim was installed was designed and engineered to ensure longevity. But these essential elements were also meant to fade into the background, playing a quiet, supporting role to the interior design by Jennifer Greer Hartmann of GREER Interior Design and the pool and landscape design by Jan Garcia-Sotelo III of modern design+build. It’s the lovely co-existence of all three elements that make Lakemoore a home that is a modern, yet timeless classic.
A desire for an open and connected kitchen was one factor in the homeowners’ decision to start from scratch when designing Lakemoore, rather than renovating their old kitchen.
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For added Austin vibes, and to reflect the family’s personality, the homeowners commissioned a custom “Live Music” sign by local neon artist Todd Sanders of Roadhouse Relics for their cozy media room. The couple’s pool, designed by Jan Garcia-Sotelo III of modern design+build, is the entertainment centerpiece for the family. It is flanked by the main building and a pavilion-like, contemporary pool house.
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A bookcase made of walnut is just one example of the durability throughout the home. Built to last, the simple lines and colors of the interior serve as a backdrop to classic, comfortable pieces.
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A centuries-old, moss-clad oak tree hangs over one corner of the master bedroom. Capitalizing on tree shade opportunities to naturally offer home cooling were factored into the layout and design.
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The home’s finishes and floor plan are purposefully simple and straightforward to highlight its furnishings and views, including that of the pool.
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The homeowners’ love for entertaining is incorporated throughout the space. In addition to this fire pit, a bar, pool house area and media room offer separate spaces for friends and family to congregate.
Are Buildings Beings? By Brittani Sonnenberg Photographs by Hayden Spears
Photo by Casey Dunn
& Casey Dunn
According to Michael Benedikt and object-oriented ontologists, your house is inhabited by much more than your family. Buildings talk. You’ve heard them. Remember the nook that called
in the door, I said, “Hey, beautiful,” like I was greeting my partner,
out to you when you were a kid, looking for a spot in the cabin
and the sunshine streaming in through the windows was a kiss in
to cozy up with Nancy Drew? Or how about the shady cathedral
return.
that whispered your name on a hot summer day in Barcelona? If
Up until three weeks ago, when I met up with Michael Benedikt, a professor of architecture and the Hal Box Chair in Urbanism at
Michigan, I moved out of a terrible rental with five roommates to
the University of Texas, I figured my habit of speaking to buildings
my own lovely little apartment with hardwood floors in the living
as if they were living beings meant I was mildly insane. Turns out,
room and black-and-white tile in the kitchen. Each time I walked
I’m just an object-oriented ontologist.
Photo by Hayden Spears
you’re like me, you talk back to buildings, too. In graduate school in
Micheal Benedikt
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Say what? Object-oriented ontology, or OOO, a movement founded by
For Benedikt, projecting life onto a building isn’t a silly evolution of
a philosopher named Graham Harman, claims that everything—from
“Toy Story,” it’s an ethical stance. “There exists an essential, anti-reduc-
rocks, to pencils, to buildings—has being, a very primitive form of life.
tive rule to ethical life as it is practiced by humans,” he writes. “And that
It’s a notion that’s beginning to catch fire in the worlds of art and archi-
rule, stated broadly, is this: to treat stones like plants, to treat plants like
tecture, too. From October 20-22, Benedikt and his colleague Kory Bieg
animals, to treat animals like humans; to treat strangers like friends and
will host a symposium called “The Secret Life of Buildings,” to discuss
friends like family; to treat family like your own self and yourself as a
OOO’s intersection with architecture. “The secret life of buildings goes
sputtering flame of the divine, a bringer of greater life—elevation—to all
back to the notion that we don’t know what buildings are or what they
participants in the great chain of Being … We can do this only when we
do,” said Benedikt. “There are spaces in buildings that no one knows
uphold our own dignity and that of others’, and this involves, because we
about. There are corners no one looks in. Buildings talk to each other,
are architects, making buildings whose character embodies the virtues
even if no one is there. They lie, they
and attitudes we would want every-
cheat, they protect.”
one to have, including ourselves.” Think about the last time a build-
In a 2012 essay, “Posture,” Benedikt pushed this metaphor of “architecture
ing consoled you. Why do we reach
as being” even farther: “Works of ar-
out and touch old walls, put our
chitecture have character; they have
cheeks on cold marble, warm a win-
presence; they have posture,” Ben-
dow with our breath? Why does the
edikt wrote. “They live and breathe
prospect of a move fill us with such
and project attitude. They have rights
deep sorrow? Why does the slated
and stake claims. They have feelings;
destruction of a beautiful old building
they have souls.”
strike us as a sort of murder? “Things have a life of their own,”
Hold on a sec, you say. Buildings have souls? As in, every house
Gabriel Garcia Marquez writes, in
is haunted … by itself? Why not?
“One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “It’s
said Benedikt. After all, a building
simply a matter of waking up their
breathes, and takes in water. There’s
souls.” As Benedikt and other ob-
bacteria in the carpet and cockroach-
ject-oriented ontologists would have
es in the closet. He wants architects
Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut
to read buildings empathetically.
it, it’s not about waking up the souls of buildings, it’s about waking up to
“You can’t understand [Le Corbusier’s] buildings unless you see them as
their souls, and tending them with the reverence and curious awe with
animals,” he told me. “The same drama is played out in sculpture, which
which we tend our own mysterious being.
fighting, etc. Even if there aren’t heads, eyes, legs, you find a way to get
“The Secret Life of Buildings” symposium will take place at the
your body into them … There’s a huge literature on how to project your-
University of Texas from Oct. 20-22, with talks by Graham Harman,
self or an animal life onto something. I accept that completely; I think
Michael Benedikt, Kory Bieg and others. If you’re interested in attend-
it’s what ordinary people do.”
ing, please contact leora@austin.utexas.edu.
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often resemble creatures: tortured, happy, flying, emaciated, motherly,
The Napoleon Dynamites of Austin Architecture By Brittani Sonnenberg & Anne Bruno Photographs by Leonid Furmansky
Remember the movie “Napoleon Dynamite”? Namely, the triumphant climactic scene in which Napoleon, the film’s scowling, moonbooted underdog, starts breakdancing like a boss? We asked local architects which buildings around town they considered unjustly underrated. Their answers follow — structures that are too unusual, or anachronistic, or downright bizarre (read: awesome) to fit in at the cool architecture cafeteria table.
Abandoned Buildings Near Amtrak Station “There are some interesting places if you follow the tracks in Austin, especially near the Amtrak station: an engine factory, and some really amazing old, industrial things.” –Scott Specht
J. J. Pickle Federal Building 300 East 8th St. “I admire several forgotten midcentury Brutalist buildings in east downtown such as the Homer Thornberry Building on San Jacinto and 8th Street, built in 1965, and the JJ Pickle Federal Building located just next to it.” – Arthur Furman
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Texas State Teachers Association 316 east 12th St. “The TSTA building at the intersection of Guadalupe and 12th Street is a great example of ’50s modernism that is both timeless and elegant. Its Lueder limestone façade is a beautiful combination of balance and asymmetry.” – Thomas Bercy
Camp Mabry 220 West 35th St. “I love the simplicity, pattern, prototypical forms and quietness of the old stone and metal gabled sheds at Camp Mabry as you drive past them on Mopac. I hope they never change.” – Michael Hsu
Boggy Creek Farm 3414 Lyons Rd. “I think some of the amazing East Austin urban farms don’t get the credit they deserve for their role in defining, enhancing and fostering the Austin community (both physical and experiential).” – Ryan and Stephanie Lemmo
Mopac Pedestrian Bridge “Standing on the Mopac Pedestrian Bridge bridge is a complex and unique spatial experience that most folks don’t stop to consider: Lady Bird Lake full of rowers and paddle boarders flowing 30 feet below, eight highway lanes of cars rushing 30 feet above, with joggers and bikers suspended in between, creating an element of unexpected verticality.” – Arthur Furman
El Chilito 2219 Manor Rd. “There is an old fast food place from the ’60s at the corner of Manor and Chestnut that is now a Mexican restaurant. It’s public space as parking lot so all the activity is open and visible from the street. It’s very direct and clear but haphazard at the same time.” – Murray Legge 98 OCTOBER 2016 |
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Seaholm Intake, Lady Bird Lake According to Austin Parks and Recreation Department, the Seaholm Intake facility “is an iconic Art Deco design and once was the pump house for the Seaholm Power Plant.” Several architects also gave shout-outs to the LCRA dams around Town Lake. “They are made primarily of poured in place concrete and have an elegant muscularity and sense of purpose,” said Arthur Andersson.
Thomas Jefferson Rusk State Office Building 208 East 10th St. “The crazy Thomas Jefferson Rusk on Brazos and 10th is one of my favorite buildings downtown. It would make a great headquarters for a Bond villain.” – Chris Krager
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Revival Bringing a Secret Oasis Back to Life By Brittani Sonnenberg Photographs by Inti St. Clair
My first visit to Millbrook, on Memorial Day, 2015, was tinged with melodrama. Football stadiums and entire blocks downtown were underwater. I was making a big life shift to Austin from Berlin and house-hunting for a place to move in August. A mere two days remained before my return flight to Berlin, and I still hadn’t found anything I halfway liked. So amid crashing thunder and the shriek of iPhone emergency weather alarms, my friend Emily and I drove to a listing that had popped up on Craigslist ten minutes earlier. It promised a cottage on a historic mill property, lush gardens and two donkeys. The bottom of the listing featured startlingly accomplished photographs of the donkeys: braying, eating and nuzzling heads. The kicker? This one-and-a-half acre complex was just a taco toss away from the burgeoning scene that is South Lamar. Emily and I hydroplaned down South Lamar and pulled into a long driveway off of Evergreen Avenue. Through the pounding rain, lit by flashes of lightning, I glimpsed palms, a towering magnolia and a sweet little cottage, beside a large stone house. It looked like a New Orleans courtyard, then an English country cottage, before shape-shifting to the grounds of a colonial villa in Southeast Asia, much like a stranger in a candlelit cafe can seem to change faces in the
She invited us into her home, a 19th century mill, and she didn’t blink
flickering light.
when my sopping clothes created a puddle in her gorgeous living room.
Nancy Whitworth, the owner of this enclave, sprang out of the large
Three months later, I left Germany for good and moved into the
stone house with an immense black umbrella that made her petite
Millbrook cottage. I loved inviting new friends over to visit: I felt like
size even more fairy-like. She showed us the cottage, whose two large,
a magician, sweeping my cape over South Lamar and producing … ta-
open, soothing rooms I immediately loved with a force that hurt,
dah! A mesmerizing retreat with blossoming wisteria, a wishing well,
like a middle-school crush. Despite the torrential downpour, Nancy
friendly neighbors, a breathtaking limestone millhouse, and, of course,
embarked on an enthusiastic tour of the grounds, shouting over the
Ruth and Bang Bang, the burros.
rain. We struggled to keep up with her spry step and her predilection to leap off the path into the ivy to take photographs of the rising creek.
Over coffee on a recent morning, I huddled on a sofa with Nancy and her labradoodle, Ruby, as she shared the story of how Millbrook
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had found her. She had moved there with her late second husband, the Reverend William Spong, a professor at Austin’s Episcopal Seminary
has been vacant for eight years.” I hung up and told Will that it didn’t sound like a place where we’d
of the Southwest and a much-beloved pastoral counselor. As it turned
want to live, but it would be fun to go see. We drove over. There was a
out, Nancy’s stories about stumbling onto Millbrook, and the house’s
pile of junk as high as a car in the driveway. Inside, it smelled like an
charismatic former owner, Ernest Hardin, proved as captivating as the
old house that had been vacant for far too long. I was thinking, “How
place itself…
soon can we leave without being impolite?” But then Hazel showed us the balcony doors, and I looked down at the dry creek that had driven
Will and I married in 1992 and were looking for a home to share. My
the mill and thought, “Wow.” Downstairs, I saw the depth of the win-
real estate agent had shown me all kinds of wonderful houses in the
dows and the walls. Hazel took us to the doors to the patio area, and I
heart of West Austin, where I’d raised my children. There was nothing
thought, “This could be it.”
wrong with any of the properties she suggested. But when it came down
Poor Will. Back in the car, he looked at me and said, “Well, how did
to signing a contract on one in particular, a perfectly nice place, I just
you like that piece of junk?” He had wanted every other house we had
couldn’t do it.
seen; he had moved three times in two years, and he just wanted a place
Then, I saw a listing that said, “For sale by owner. Old grain mill in downtown Austin. For sale as is.” It was enough to make me call. The owner, Hazel Gully, answered the phone and told me one bad thing after
to park forever. I looked straight back at him and said, “I love it.” We signed the contract. Immediately afterwards, I felt nearly ill with
another: “The train runs right through the property. On one end of the
fright, thinking: what have we done? I was terrified. Neither of us knew
street is a tattoo parlor, on the other end is Lingerie Dreams. The house
one thing about renovations. We didn’t even own a hammer. Nor did
Millbrook’s wishing well
Nancy Whitworth and her late husband, Will Spong, decided to pair the former owner’s Victorian taste with their own eclectic touches.
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we have time. We both had more than full-time jobs [as a counselor/ seminary professor and a photographer]. Will began buying handyman magazines and reading up. He bought not one, but two, air compressors, plus a nail gun and electric screwdrivers. He was having a ball buying all this man stuff, and meanwhile I was getting sicker and sicker about the place. The inspection report was a thick notebook, which I still have. The man said, “I’ve seen a lot of historic buildings and done inspections for all of them, and I would not advise purchasing this one.” And here Will and I were with no remodeling experience or old-house experience, and without a single handy gene in our bodies. And we went, “Okay, we’ll buy it!” The first thing we did was hire a renovation crew to take care of basic plumbing and wiring repairs. Then we picked out one man, Tino, a hard worker whom we really liked, to move into one of the empty buildings in exchange for helping us with more work. We also hired James David, a landscape architect. When we first arrived, the buildings didn’t relate to one another at all. James drew a beautiful plan that oriented the buildings to the center with a circle. Another landscape architect, Curt Arnette, made an equal design impact on the yard with a big stone wall and the circular area near the front. We hired Linda McCalla, an interior designer, to help with the inside. She was wonderful. Instead of saying, “Oh, this flooring won’t work; it’s just sub-flooring,” she said: “Let’s just stain this and use it.” The gray paint that Hazel Gully had used in the kitchen was already peeling, and I said, “What are we going to do about that?” And Linda said: “We’re going to leave it. It will be wonderful left alone.” It would have looked terrible in a normal house, but this house is so forgiving. Linda understood that about the place. And she helped me understand that. My house in West Austin was more trouble than this one has ever been. The house in West Austin would move with the clay. This one is on rock. There are pictures in the history center downtown of this house with dirt floors and cows walking around. It was an unsuccessful grain mill, at best, and was soon converted into a residence for the Rob Roy family. Ernest Hardin, a drama and speech professor at the University of Texas, bought it in 1939. He raised doves and collie dogs here. I think I would have gotten along well with him. After they moved here, Ernest and his wife bought all kinds of things from salvage, including the checkerboard floor from the Driskill Hotel,
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The entrance to the back garden
and proceeded to decorate the house with their finds. These wood-
After his wife died, Millbrook became notorious in town for the extrava-
en-spooled doors are from a church in East Austin. There’s a door
gant parties Ernest would throw.
from the telephone company upstairs. Anything that looks like a house
Millbrook feels like a fit to me the way Will felt like a fit. Will was not
instead of a grain mill—like the banister going up, and the ironwork on
for everybody. He was older than me by 13 years, and he wasn’t in the
the windows, the wainscoting in the dining room—was bought by Er-
best of health. He cut his hair once or twice a year. He combed it with
nest at salvage sales. The photos of the house when he lived here showed
a dog brush. I don’t know why he chose a dog brush, but that’s what he
that it was heavily Victorian. Will and I were not that way. At first, we
used. When I first met him, I started re-dressing him to look normal,
removed a lot of Ernest’s Victorian stuff out, but after we got our casual
and then I realized I was a destroying a work of art. So I stopped and let
furniture in here, we started bringing all of his brick brack back in. Now
him evolve back. He would wear the craziest getups. There was some-
it’s completely eclectic.
thing about Will that made me feel like I had known him and adored
Ernest poured himself into the house, and I sense his spirit here.
him all my life. And we looked like the most mismatched couple. He was so tall, and I was so short. The house felt the same way. When Will retired from the seminary in 2001, he moved his counseling practice to [the cottage]. It worked beautifully, because people coming across the river weren’t worried about running into anyone they knew. I eventually moved my photography studio onto the property, too. So we both not only ended up living, but also working, here. The whole property has a peacefulness about it that makes it a good place to be. The donkeys help with that, too. There’s no way you can be anxious or nervous when you look at those donkeys’ faces. One of the wonderful things about living here is that it’s so old, you don’t worry about scratches and bumps and unevenness, including the bumpy stuff that looks like acne, growing on that wall. The other side of that wall is earth, and pretty soon the bumps will start flaking off. It’s a wonderful house to live in with imperfection in mind. All my friends have grandchildren [who want to see the donkeys], too, and I’m on the itinerary whenever they come to visit.
“The whole property has a peacefulness about it,” says Whitworth.
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ARCHITECTURE + BUILDER GUIDE “Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake,” said the iconic Mexican architect Luis Barragan. In this special section, we point you to notable architecture firms in town whose prizewinning expertise and unique vision will help you create the dwelling of your dreams.
S P E C I A L A DV E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N
Bartholomew Architect The purpose of architecture is to act as our second skin, to nourish our spirit as does nature. At
Bartholomew
Architect,
we believe this can only be accomplished by designing living spaces with the same geometry
“Building with Sacred
found in nature and the universe.
Geometry bridges the gap
Known this
Bartholomew Architect www.bartholomewaia.co | 512.992.8282
as
Sacred
practice
is
Geometry,
the
guiding
between the physical world
design principal which allows
we live in and the
us to create spaces that advance
spiritual world we seek.�
consciousness
to
Unity
with
- T.R. Bartholomew
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Cornerstone Architects specializes in architecture and interior design for both residential and commercial projects. Our approach takes a holistic view of architectural, interior and sustainable design disciplines to create a uniquely balanced solution for each project. Our work has been featured in numerous home tours since 1989 and earned Best of Houzz Design and Service awards. Cornerstone homes have been seen on HGTV, as well as in Southern Living and LUXE Interiors + Design magazines and numerous other publications.
Cornerstone Architects www.cornerstonearchitectsllp.com | 512.329.0007
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Tim Cuppett Architects is a full-service architecture and interior design practice, with a residential portfolio spanning two decades. The work, often rooted in traditional forms of hearth and home, is imagined with the seamless integration of both disciplines. Our quiet modern homes are sensitive to site and climate, expressing a respect for and drawing inspiration from context. “Consult the genius of the place,� by Alexander Pope is the benchmark quote by which our works take shape.
Tim Cuppett Architects www.cuppettarchitects.com | 512.450.0820
With a commitment to embracing the notion that
Each member of our small but diverse team brings
a building is an extension of its surroundings and
a variety of experience, education and interest to
reflects the character of its occupants, LaRue
our design-intensive environment. The result for
Architects creates custom contemporary residences
our clients is a collaborative design process that
that are uniquely responsive and sustainable, in
is practical yet highly creative, versatile and site-
sync with the progressive spirit of Austin.
sensitive.
LaRue Architects 500 N. Capital of Texas Highway, Bldg. 8, Suite 110 www.larue-architects.com | 512.347.1688
James LaRue, Principal, AIA
McKinney York Architects The McKinney York studio shares a belief in the power of architecture to positively transform people’s lives. For over 30 years, this thinking has guided the conceptual dialogue and direction for our residential commissions, which can be found across Texas and around the country. Our timeless designs are free of a signature style, and we are experts in tackling the unusual and idiosyncratic project. As a result, clients value our ability to design in a way that reflects their lifestyles uniquely. McKinney York’s Ridge Oak Residence, pictured, is featured in this month’s 30th annual AIA Austin Homes Tour. Buy your tickets at aiahomestour.com and come see the house October 15 & 16.
1301 E 7th St. www.mckinneyyork.com 512.476.0201
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ABODE MODERN HOMES
BERCY CHEN
512.401.3030 | richard@abodemodernhomes.com
512.481.0092 | www.bcarc.com
We collaborate with clients and architects to build modern homes in
Bercy Chen Studio is an architecture and urban planning firm with
all types of neighborhoods: established, up-and-coming and trend-
design/build capabilities based in Austin, Texas. Our work is influ-
setting. We combine cutting-edge design with simple functionality
enced by various cultures, while maintaining respect for particular
to create distinct footprints for a range of budgets. We challenge
contextual conditions. We are committed to collaborating with
traditional stereotypes and incorporate contemporary architecture
clients in identifying solutions to create innovative designs based on
and innovative processes, using Austin Green Building Program
environmentally sustainable and financially viable models in both
sustainable initiatives whenever possible.
the public and private sector.
DICK CLARK + ASSOCIATES
HUGH RANDOLPH ARCHITECTS
512.472.4980 | www.dcarch.com
512.796.4001 | www.austinarchitect.com
Dick Clark + Associates is an award-winning architecture and inte-
Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects believes that each and every
rior design firm specializing in custom residential and commercial
project should tell a story. The story of the client. The story of the
projects large and small. We pride ourselves in creating memorable
place. The story of collaboration. An award-winning, full-service
landmark projects and inspirational spaces that capture the unique
firm, with an eclectic range of work, we take great pride in creating
quality and lifestyle of Austin.
special places.
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MARK ODOM STUDIO
MICHAEL HSU
512.469.5950 | www.markodomstudio.com
512.706.4303 | www.hsuoffice.com
Mark Odom Studio is a full-service architecture and interior design
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture was formed in 2005 with the
firm in Austin and San Antonio. Comprised of creative problem
goal of producing locally engaged, design-driven architecture and
solvers, we approach each project with attention to the unique
interiors in Austin and beyond. With projects varying in diversity
aspects of program, site and the client’s goals. Our dedicated team
from residential to commercial, we advocate a simple, edited design
is known for its commitment to our clients and the personal level of
palette, using available materials and techniques to create unex-
service we provide.
pected results.
PSW
THOUGHTBARN
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512.386.1579 | www.thoughtbarn.com
At PSW, we develop urban communities. Our team is comprised
Thoughtbarn champions artful utility through the design of build-
of professionals with a wide range of expertise who collaborate to
ings, public installations and urban strategies. We creatively engage
design and build energy efficient homes. Each community, whether
clients, craftsmen and users to realize ambitious projects with an
for rent or for sale, is a custom design carefully crafted for the par-
economy of means, inventive materiality and a strong connection to
ticular site and location.
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Dick CL A RK AFTER 35 YEARS IN THE BI Z , CL A R K S T I L L H A S A BIG CRUSH ON H IS WOR K .
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Dick Clark, in his office’s central workspace, with his preferred tools of the trade: pen and paper, vellum, and his iPhone.
DICK CLARK is most at home sitting at his studio's central table. He’s
and restaurants that would become stalwarts of the warehouse district
not cloistered behind closed doors: his primary workspace is at the heart
— Hangar Lounge, Rain on 4th, Key Bar, Lonesome Dove and a host of
of the office that bears his name.
other spaces that have evolved with the neighborhood. “I do really like
“My life’s pretty much an open book,” Clark says, “I live and breathe architecture, and my friends, travel.” He looks around the office, to people working steadily on projects beneath the colorful papier-mâché fish that hang from the ceiling, and whispers, “I love these people.” Dressed casually in a black golf shirt — golf is his sport of choice these
in it from the beginning,” Clark says. Being at the center of the scene continues to fuel Clark’s vitality, and his office has served as a launching pad for other notable Austin architects — Michael Hsu, Jay Corder, Jamie Chioco — over its three-
days — and long tan shorts, Clark’s preferred workspace puts him in the
plus decades. “Architects are lucky because we love what we do, we
center of the 25-person office. And being at the center of the action is
change things, once we’ve done a project it’s there forever,” Clark says.
often Clark’s favorite place to be. After studying architecture at the University of Texas at Austin in the
Clark’s love for the basic building blocks of architecture — sketching, drawing, designing — is a constant, and he balks at the idea of feeling
late 1960s and attending graduate school at Harvard, Clark launched
uncreative. “I really don’t wake up and feel like, ‘this is a bad day.’ It ain’t
his architecture practice in Austin in 1979. In the early 1990s he moved
going to happen,” Clark says.
his offices downtown, and put his modernist designs to work on the bars
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Down the hall from the central drawing table Clark has a formal
office, outfitted with modern décor and art collected from his travels in India with the Miracle Foundation, a nonprofit that restructures orphanages, and Africa with Turk Pipkin’s Nobelity Project. While Clark has a desk here, he may more often find himself sketching in other venues. Before it closed in 2005, Mezzaluna, the first restaurant Clark designed, was his go-to spot for working out ideas. “There have been more designs done at the old Mezzaluna bar than I have ever done in this space,” Clark says of his office. His penchant for dining out feeds his social life and stands as a form of in-the-field research. “Every time I go into a restaurant I’m Peering from the entryway into the main office, colorful papier-mâché fish dangle from the ceiling. Clark bought the fish from a hippie artist who traveled the area in his Volkswagen. “He used to come by and open up his van and I’d buy another fish,” Clark says.
watching, I’m seeing what’s happening good, what’s happening bad … how the kitchen’s laid out. [If I] go to a new restaurant, especially in another town, I ask the guy, 'Mind if I look in the kitchen?'” Clark says. A self-proclaimed urbanist, Clark’s desire to be close to the action might mean trying a new dining hot-spot, or riding his Vespa downtown (“Zip, zip, zip, park it right in front.”), all the while always thinking about design ideas. “You just don’t turn that on and off,” Clark says, “At least I don’t.”
Keepsakes from Africa, where Clark traveled with the Nobelity Project. “It’s doing low-cost housing and schools and water collection systems in Africa, mainly Kenya,” Clark explains.
Clark’s preferred method for working out design ideas is with pen and paper. His hand drawings get adapted into ArchiCAD. He loves what the technology allows for, even if he doesn’t personally use it. “I’m a good hand-off guy,” Clark says.
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THERE'S A SOULFUL, GENTLE TONE WHEN CHEF FIORE TEDESCO DESCRIBES A PASTA DISH INSPIRED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER. Unsurprisingly, it’s a personal venture, starting with its moniker honoring Tedesco’s young daughter. Tedesco’s mom helped design the interior, including the whimsical curio cabinets above the bar, filled with quirky memorabilia reflecting the owners’ varied passions. A welcoming 30-seat bar invites diners to pull up a stool around the open kitchen and its crackling wood-burning oven that looks straight out of Tuscany. For those preferring a table, there’s an adjacent barrelvaulted dining room, plus a couple of funky private dining spaces. Glass envelops the whole
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restaurant, overlooking Mueller Lake Park and its burgeoning entertainment district. The food at L’Oca d’Oro is inspired by Tedesco’s immigrant Italian grandparents, who made elegant food out of simple ingredients. The Daily Bread plate, a rotating selection of three warm, fresh-baked breads
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served with house made jam and cultured butter, is comforting in its humble simplicity. The Omnivore Plate showcases the restaurant’s
IN TODAY'S WORLD of celebrity chefs and dining as theater, it’s hard to find a chef who cooks
from the heart, for the pure joy of it. Chef Fiore Tedesco is that rare breed. You hear it in his voice when he talks about his food at L’Oca d’Oro. There’s a soulful, gentle tone when he describes a pasta dish inspired by his grandmother. And a deference when he speaks of fresh produce changing with the seasons. His partner, General Manager Adam Orman, is equally passionate, insisting every guest is comfortable and happy. The duo’s dedication to quality is no surprise considering their combined pedigrees: stints at Roberta’s, Prune and Gramercy Tavern in NYC, and Bufalina and Franklin Barbecue here in Austin. Their decade-old dream of opening their own restaurant is finally a reality: L’Oca d’Oro recently debuted in the Mueller development, specializing in contemporary Italian with a nod to the classics.
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variety of house-cured charcuterie and homemade cheeses. And save room for pasta, Chef Tedesco’s true amore. Selections change with the seasons, but they’re all made with incredible care. A recent favorite was the Trenette, thin sheets of pasta layered with pork ragu, ricotta, and green onion purée. For entrees, the Pork Milanesa was crispy, light and tender, complemented by a citrusy spinach and faro salad, plus a side of roasted sweet potatoes dusted with fennel pollen. Brick
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Chicken, Fried Rabbit, and Eggplant Parmesan also caught our eye. Desserts range from simple cookies and gelato to the show-stopping S’mores Tartufo, a beehive-shaped dome filled with hazelnut caramel, graham crackers and gelato, then encased in toasted marshmallow. To whet your whistle, there’s a serious cocktail program of tasty, unique libations, plus craft beers, on-tap wines and lots of funky Italians by the glass. And although it has an active bar scene, the restaurant sits next to the Thinkery children’s museum, so it wisely welcomes families by offering a dedicated children’s menu that goes well beyond chicken fingers. It’s those thoughtful details that prove Tedesco and Orman’s high standards at L’Oca d’Oro. They’ve obviously put their heart and soul into it.
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CONVERSATION COM I NG B ACK TO A N E A R L I E R LOV E : A HOUSE
I MOVED RECENTLY. I hired professional movers for the first time in my life (grown-up
lady alert!). Each time they carried in a bulky piece of furniture, I could say, “Well, it fit in that doorway before.” Initially, it surprised the movers, and then I explained that I’d lived here before. It turns out that you can go home again. You just don’t do it as the same person. With this move, I returned to the small house I’ve owned since the last millennium, after a breakup with the boyfriend I’d been living with for five years. And with the end of the relationship, I find myself eating alone again at my bringingthe-shabby-to-shabby-chic table. There are surprising new water stains on the ceiling of
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my small dining room; just as I am dining alone, I have to solve this problem alone. I am eating from dishes I got as presents for the marriage that ended before the relationship that just ended. It’s a growth industry, my relationships. I have lived in this
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house with a boyfriend, alone, with a male
I first bought this house, I decorated it like a
about being the landlady is you’re never invited
friend, then with a boyfriend who became my
personal version of Pee-wee’s Playhouse. It had
to the house parties, no matter how cool you try
husband (and then my ex-husband). And then
a candy-apple red fridge; a purple front door;
to act). They advanced their own relationships
I lived alone again, and then I left to live with
built-in bookshelves filled with games, puzzles
toward permanence. They showed me how
another man, and now I’ve returned. All this is
and books; and brightly colored walls covered in
to enjoy this house more fully, no matter the
to say that I know how to cook dinner for myself
my purse collection. I had a visible personality.
grasping, flailing way I’d gone after marriage
and for others.
And now I live with the remnants: evidence
and love on my own. Seriously, if you’re not sure
I missed this house when I lived away from it, but when it became my home again, I walked in, expecting euphoria, and instead thought, “What a dump.” I saw my tiny, over-valued house for all its flaws. Still, I walked back into it and bought new rugs to adorn it because it has been more constant than any other love, even if the concrete front steps seem to be cheating on the pier-and-beam foundation by literally
how to enjoy your own life, just rent it out to
Seriously, if you’re not sure how to enjoy your own life, just rent [your house] out to graduate students for a while, and they will show you the way.
going in a different direction. Yes, the shower
show you the way. Hiring movers means that the people helping you move will not stick around for pizza, beer, jokes, reminiscences or furniture reassurances. And so I found myself wondering how to carry myself across my own threshold with any form of ceremony. I wanted other people for that. I wanted to be honest and to not wait for a staid
stall is ridiculously tiny, but shaving my legs in it counts as half a yoga class.
graduate students for a while, and they will
housewarming, reheating the first one I had in of that younger, enthusiastic personality. At
1998 (when, to act like I had it all together, I hid
I talk to myself unapologetically. Sometimes
dinner, I think about optimism. The optimism
so much clutter in the dryer and the washing
I can pretend I’m talking to my two cats. But
it took for the younger me to pick this “starter”
machine as well as the shallow 1940s closets).
when I’m alone, who cares? I recite my shopping
house with its negligible closet space, its age,
And so I invited my people to my August
list, the first two centering lines of Auden’s
its size and character. The optimism it took to
“warmhousing” for pizza and beer the afternoon
poem “The More Loving One,” (“Looking up at
embark on yet another romance, to try it out
that I moved. It started pouring rain and I had
the stars, I know quite well/ that, for all they
and see it through to an ending.
no idea which box my towels were packed in.
care, I can go to hell”) and frequent, stopping-
I regained a lot of optimism from seeing
One by one, my sodden friends arrived. They
in-my-tracks inquiries of “What was I doing?”
how my younger tenants lived in my house.
wiped themselves with tea towels, toured the
This year, I can say that I have begun to listen
They covered the trees in fake spider webs for
house, sat at my table, ate a few slices and gave
to myself as well.
Halloween parties and showed movies against
me all their enthusiasm. It was marvelous. They
the side of the house (or so I hear — one thing
left; I was alone and it was still marvelous.
What I listen to includes the fact that, when
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ALCOMAR 1816 S. 1st St. | (512) 401 3161 Chefs Alma Alcocer and Jeff Martinez serve up some of the city’s best Latin American-inspired seafood. Stop by for lunch, happy hour, dinner or weekend brunch, and start your visit with blood orange margarita and the crab and guacamole. ANNIE’S CAFÉ & BAR 319 Congress Ave. | (512) 472 1884 Locally minded American offerings in a charming setting; perfect spot for a decadent downtown brunch.
GUSTO ITALIAN KITCHEN 4800 Burnet Rd. | (512) 458 1100 Upscale-casual Italian in the heart of the Rosedale
FONDA SAN MIGUEL
neighborhood. Fresh pastas, hand-tossed pizzas, in-
2330 W. North Loop Blvd. | (512) 459 4121 | fondasanmiguel.com
credible desserts (don’t miss the salted caramel budino)
Taste the bright, unique flavors of the Yucatan! Experi-
and locally sourced, seasonally inspired chalkboard
ence exquisite Interior Mexican cuisine in a rich envi-
specials. Full bar with craft cocktails, local beers on tap
ronment to stimulate all the senses. Stunning fine art,
and boutique wines from around the world.
lush tropical plants, sparkling light from traditional tin chandeliers.
APOTHECARY CAFÉ AND WINE BAR
24 DINER
4800 Burnet Rd. | (512) 371 1600
600 N. Lamar Blvd. | (512) 472 5400
NAPA FLATS
plates 24/7 and a menu featuring nostalgic diner favor-
8300 N. FM 620, Bldg M, Ste. 100 | (512) 640 8384
ites. Order up the classics, including roasted chicken,
Fresh, savory cuisine inspired by California flavors with
burgers, all-day breakfast and decadent milkshakes. 34TH STREET CAFÉ 1005 W. 34th St. | (512) 371 3400 This cozy neighborhood spot in North Campus serves up soups, salads, pizzas and pastas — but don’t miss the
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Apothecary’s soothing ambiance and excellent wine selec-
Chef Andrew Curren’s casual eatery promises delicious
an Italian flair. Made-from-scratch dishes are prepared in an open kitchen over a wood-fired grill. A unique 12-tap wine dispenser offers a complete complement of high-
tion make it a great spot for drinks and bites with friends. Chef Matt Gallagher brings f lavors from different cultures to create a menu featuring items from ceviche to an ahi tuna roll. ASTI TRATTORIA 408 E. 43rd St. | (512) 451 1218
quality wines by the glass. Finish off the meal with the
The chic little Hyde Park trattoria offers essential Italian
world-famous gelato.
dishes along with a variety of wines to pair them with. Fin-
chicken piccata. The low-key setting makes it great for
ish off your meal with the honey and goat cheese panna
weeknight dinners and weekend indulgences.
cotta.
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LAS PALOMAS
BAR CHI SUSHI
BRIBERY BAKERY
206 Colorado St. | (512) 382 5557
2013 Wells Branch Pkwy. #109 | (512) 531 9832
A great place to stop before or after a night on the town, this
1900 Simond Ave. #300 | (512) 297 2720
sushi and bar hotspot stays open until 2 a.m. on the weekends.
Pastry Chef Jodi Elliott puts a fun spin on classic confec-
Bar Chi’s happy hour menu features $2 sake bombs and a vari-
tions. The Mueller location is a Candy Land-esque space
ety of sushi rolls under $10.
where diners can sip on cocktails, beer, wine and coffee.
BLUE DAHLIA BISTRO
BUENOS AIRES CAFÉ
1115 E. 11th St. | (512) 542 9542
1201 E. 6th St. | (512) 382 1189
3663 Bee Caves Rd. West Lake Hills, TX 78746
13500 Galleria Circle | (512) 441 9000
A cozy French bistro serving up breakfast, lunch and din-
Chef and Argentine native Reina Morris wraps the f lavors
ner in a casual setting. Pop in for their happy hour to share
of her culture into authentic and crispy empanadas. Don’t
a bottle of your favorite wine and a charcuterie board.
forget the chimichurri sauce! Follow up your meal with Argentina’s famous dessert, alfajores — shortbread cook-
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ies filled with dulce de leche and rolled in coconut f lakes.
One of the hidden jewels in Westlake, this unique restaurant and bar offers authentic interior Mexican
BULLFIGHT
cuisine in a sophisticated yet relaxed setting. Enjoy
4807 Airport Blvd. | (512) 474 2029
family recipes made with fresh ingredients. Don’t miss
Chef Shawn Cirkiel transports diners to the south of Spain
the margaritas!
for classic tapas, including croquettes and jamon serrano. The white-brick patio invites you to sip on some sangria and enjoy the bites.
BANGER’S SAUSAGE HOUSE & BEER GARDEN
CAFÉ JOSIE
79 Rainey St. | (512) 386 1656
1200 W. 6th St. | (512) 322 9226
Banger’s brings the German biergarten tradition to Rain-
Executive chef Todd Havers creates “The Experience”
ey Street with an array of artisan sausages and more than 100 beers on tap. To get the full Banger’s experience, go for their weekend brunch and indulge in the Banger’s Benny, the beer garden’s take on eggs Benedict. BARLEY SWINE 6555 Burnet Road ,Suite 400 | (512) 394 8150 James Beard Award-nominated chef Bryce Gilmore en-
MANUEL'S
310 Congress Ave. | (512) 472 7555 10201 Jollyville Road | (512) 345 1042 A local Austin favorite with a reputation for high-quality regional Mexican food, fresh pressed cocktails, margaritas and tequilas. Try the Chile Relleno del Mar with Texas
menu every night at Cafe Josie, which offers guests a prix fixe all-you-can-eat dining experience. The a la carte menu is also available, featuring classics such as smoked meatloaf and redfish tacos. CAFÉ NO SÉ 1603 S. Congress Ave. | (512) 942 2061
Gulf Shrimp, day boat scallops, and Jumbo Blue lump
South Congress Hotel’s Café No Sé balances rustic decor
crab, or Manuel’s famous mole. Located downtown
and a range of seasonal foods to make it the best place
parsley croissants with bone marrow or Gilmore’s unique
at the corner of 3rd and Congress Avenue, and in the
for weekend brunching. Their spin on the classic avocado
take on fried chicken.
Arboretum on Jollyville Road. One of the best happy
toast is a must-try.
courages sharing with small plates made from locallysourced ingredients, served at communal tables. Try the
hour deals in town.
CENTRAL STANDARD
COUNTER CAFÉ
EASY TIGER
1603 S. Congress Ave. | (512) 942 0823
626 N. Lamar Blvd. | (512) 708 8800
709 E. 6th St. | (512) 614 4972
Between their full dinner menu, impressive raw bar and
1914 E. 6th St. | (512) 351 9961
From the ELM Restaurant Group, Easy Tiger lures in both
craft cocktail offerings, Central Standard at the South
It’s nothing fancy, but this tiny shotgun-style diner has
drink and food enthusiasts with a delicious bakeshop up-
Congress Hotel is the perfect place to spend a night on the
some of the city’s best breakfast offerings. This cafe fuses
stairs and a casual beer garden downstairs. Sip on some lo-
town.
American diner food with a global touch. Make sure to or-
cal brew and grab a hot, fresh pretzel. Complete your snack
der their famous pancakes and burgers!
with beer cheese and an array of dipping sauces.
3407 Greystone Dr. (512) 343 9307
COUNTER CULTURE
EL ALMA
107 W. 5th St. | (512) 343 9307
2337 E. Cesar Chavez St. | (512) 524 1540
1025 Barton Springs Rd. | (512) 609 8923
Some of the best traditional Chinese food in town. Fast
An East Austin haven for vegans and vegetarians, Counter
This chef-driven, authentic Mexican restaurant with un-
service in the dining room and delivery is available. This
Culture provides internationally inspired vegan options
matched outdoor patio dining stands out as an Austin din-
restaurant boasts an extensive and diverse dim sum menu
with organic and local food. Daily specials are shared
ing gem. The chic yet relaxed setting is perfect for enjoying
for customers to munch on!
through their constantly updated Twitter feed.
delicious specialized drinks outside for their everyday
CLARK’S OYSTER BAR
DRINK.WELL.
1200 W. 6th St. | (512) 297 2525
207 E. 53rd St. | (512) 614 6683
EL CHILE
Small and always buzzing, Clark’s extensive caviar and
Located in the North Loop district, Michael and Jessica
1809 Manor Rd. | (512) 457 9900
oyster menu, sharp aesthetics and excellent service make
Sanders bring craft cocktails and American pub fare to
The extensive menu features Mexican classics, including
it a refreshing indulgence on West Sixth Street. Chef Larry
drink.well. with a seasonally changing menu. Snacks to try
ceviche and tamales, and creative drinks like the canta-
McGuire brings East Coast-inspired vibes to this seafood
include fried chickpeas and house-made Twinkies.
loupe margarita. Their daily happy hour offers sangria,
CHINATOWN
3 p.m. - 5 p.m. happy hour!
restaurant.
micheladas and margaritas. EAST SIDE KING
CONTIGO
1816 E. 6th St. | (512) 407 8166
EL CHILITO
2027 Anchor Ln. | (512) 614 2260
2310 S. Lamar, Suite 101 | (512) 383 8382
2219 Manor Rd. | (512) 382 3797
Chef Andrew Wiseheart serves ranch-to-table cuisine and
Winner of the James Beard Award and Top Chef, Paul Qui
1623 East 7th St. | (512) 334 9660
an elegant take on bar fare at this east side gem. Take your
offers out-of-this-world pan-Asian food from across town
All-day breakfast tacos and festive paleta f lavors make El
pick from the exquisite and bold cocktail menu and grab a
trailers with fellow chefs Moto Utsunomiya and Ek Tim-
Chilito an Austin staple. If you’re looking to spice up your
spot on the expansive outdoor patio.
rek. Try their legendary fried Brussels Sprouts!
caffeine fix, try the Ojo Rojo — an horchata drink with a
COUNTER 3. FIVE. VII
EAST SIDE SHOW ROOM
exotic salsa, the winner of Austin Chronicle’s Hot Sauce
315 Congress Ave, Ste. 100 | (512) 291 3327
1100 E. 6th St. | (512) 467 4280
Contest.
Belly up to the counter at this 25-seat space for an intimate
Enjoy delicious vintage cocktails, 1930s- and 1940s-in-
dining experience that’s modern yet approachable. This
spired music, and cuisine by Fermin Nunez at East Side
unique eatery gives three, five and seven-course tasting
Show Room. The small outdoor patio and cozy fireplace
menus in an immersive setting.
are perfect for breezy nights or casual drinks.
shot of espresso. Don’t forget to dip some chips into their
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FREEDMEN’S
HOPFIELDS
1501 S. 1st St. | (512) 291 2881
2402 San Gabriel St. | (512) 220 0953
3110 Guadalupe St. | (512) 537 0467
Chef Larry McGuire creates a charming French-Vietnam-
Housed in a historic Austin landmark, smoke imbues the
A gastropub with French inclinations, offering a beauti-
ese eatery with a colorful menu of pho, banh mis and sweet
f lavors of everything at Freedmen’s — from the barbecue,
ful patio and unique cocktails. The beer, wine and cocktail
treats. Both the indoor seating and outdoor patio bring
to the desserts and even their cocktail offerings. Pitmaster
options are plentiful and the perfect pairing for the restau-
comfort and vibrancy to this South Austin neighborhood
and chef Evan LeRoy plates some of the city’s best barbe-
rant’s famed steak frites and moules frites.
favorite. Don’t forget to end your meal with the housemade
cue on a charming outdoor patio. ITALIC
macarons. GERALDINE’S
123 W. 6th St. | (512) 660 5390
EMMER & RYE
605 Davis St. | (512) 476 4755
Chef Andrew Curren of 24 Diner and Easy Tiger presents
51 Rainey St. #110 | (512) 366 5530
Located inside Rainey Street's Hotel Van Zandt, Geral-
simple, rustic Italian plates. Don’t miss the sweet delica-
Named after two types of grains, Emmer & Rye brings
dine's creates a unique, fun experience by combining cre-
cies from Pastry Chef Mary Katherine Curren.
their farm-to-table menu, in-house fermentation and dim
ative cocktails, shareable plates and scenic views of Lady
sum to diners craving wholesome and innovative cuisine.
Bird Lake. Enjoy live bands every night of the week as you
JEFFREY’S
This whole-animal butchery is also home to Kevin Fink, a
enjoy Chef Frank Mnuk’s dishes and cocktails from bar
1204 W. Lynn St. | (512) 477 5584
cook named as one of Food & Wine’s best new chefs.
manager Jen Keyser.
Named one of Bon Appétit’s “10 Best New Restaurants
EPICERIE
GOODALL'S KITCHEN AND BAR
tained the execution, top-notch service and luxurious but
2307 Hancock Dr. | (512) 371 6840
1900 Rio Grande St. | (512) 495 1800
welcoming atmosphere that makes Jeffrey’s an old Austin
A café and grocery with both Louisiana and French sen-
Housed in the beautiful Hotel Ella, Goodall’s provides
staple.
sibilities by Thomas Keller-trained Chef Sarah McIntosh.
modern spins on American classics. Dig into a fried mort-
Lovers of brunch are encouraged to stop in here for a bite
adella egg sandwich and pair it a with cranberry thyme
JOSEPHINE HOUSE
on Sundays!
cocktail.
1601 Waterston Ave. | (512) 477 5584
FOODHEADS
HILLSIDE FARMACY
and organic ingredients. Like its sister restaurant, Jef-
616 W. 34th St. | (512) 420 8400
1209 E. 11th St. | (512) 628 0168
frey’s, Josephine House is another one of Bon Appétit’s “10
Fresh and inspired sandwiches, soups and salads in a
Hillside Farmacy is located in a beautifully restored
Best New Restaurants in America.” Find a shady spot on
charming refashioned cottage and porch. This local sand-
1950s-style pharmacy with a lovely porch on the east side.
their patio and indulge in fresh baked pastries and a cof-
wich shop on 34th Street is the perfect date spot for you
Oysters, cheese plates and nightly dinner specials are
fee.
and your book. Don’t forget to check out the daily soup
whipped up by chef Sonya Cote.
in America,” this historic Clarksville favorite has main-
Rustic, continental fare with an emphasis on fresh, local
JUNIPER
specials! HOME SLICE PIZZA
2400 E. Cesar Chavez St. Ste. 304 | (512) 220 9421
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC
1415 S. Congress Ave. | (512) 444 7437
Uchi alum Nicholas Yanes cooks up northern Italian fair
306 E. 53rd St. | (512) 459 1010
For pizza cravings south of the river, head to Home Slice
on the east side. Juniper’s minimalistic menu reinvents the
Small, neighborhood restaurant in the North Loop area
Pizza. Open until 3 a.m. on weekends for your post bar-
Italian classics.
serving unique dishes. Chef Ned Elliott serves thoughtful,
hopping convenience and stocked with classics like the
locally-sourced food with an international twist at reason-
Margherita as well as innovative pies like the White Clam,
able prices. Go early on Tuesdays for dollar oysters.
topped with chopped clams and Pecorino Romano.
Elliott Erwitt Home Around the World
3703 KERBEY LANE
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DONKEYS y DESIGN Architect Dick Clark strings up tropical papier-mâché fish behind his desk. Nancy Whitworth (see this issue’s feature “Revival”) dresses up her donkeys. Our interviews with architects and novice home renovators this month revealed that a good sense of humor and a deep joy for the work (even when you’re up to your elbows in it) is key for feeding creativity.
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