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Miró Rivera Architects designed this contemporary renovation of a 1940s house in Austin, Texas.
Description from Miró Rivera Architects:
The original 1940s house suffered an unfortunate addition in the 1980s. The backyard views were blocked by a heavy fireplace and small windows; meanwhile a fenced-in pool, brick terraces, and roofed arcade all served to divide rather than unify the landscape.
MRA’s goal was to restore the exterior of the house in this historic neighborhood while transforming the interiors to bring in light and provide a better connection with the exterior. A simple material palette was used to maintain a balance between the traditional aspects of the original house and the modern updates required by this family of four.
The garage was renovated to include an upper level gym, guest alcove, and terrace. Below the terrace an outdoor living space activates a previously neglected yard. A Sol Lewitt sculpture, visible from the main rooms of the house, increases the depth of the yard and provides a crisp and geometric focal point.
Architecture by Miró Rivera Architects
Photography by Paul Finkel
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Sweet Sparkman Architects designed the Casey Key Main House in Osprey, Florida.
The Main House, the largest of three structures on a family coastal compound, is a U-shaped courtyard structure elevated on piles to meet FEMA requirements. The central garden space, “the largest room in the house”, is located where 117 non- native, invasive Australian pines once grew. The courtyard concept enables each of the primary rooms to share a common foreground landscape, and at the same time focus on the Gulf as the extended site. To the east, a mature oak hammock gives the property a sense of age and permanence. The design organizes a large program into a sequence of spaces around the courtyard that are detailed and scaled to impart a relaxed setting to the family retreat. The Owner requested a design that would age gracefully and develop an attractive patina. To this end, copper, stone, and wood were selected to establish an organic material palette, expressing a sense of perma- nence. On this property each of the coastal ecosystems: gulf, beach, dune, garden, house, oak hammock, mangrove, and inter-coastal bay are clearly distinguishable. Throughout the long, thin core of the home, large glass doors pocket into wall cavities revealing these environments from Gulf to Bay.
Architecture: Sweet Sparkman Architects
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JI Studio have designed the Navona house in Pachuca, Mexico.
Design by JI Studio
Photography by Jorge Silva
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