Adobe Modern Inward Eastward Austin
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
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Today we're visiting the incredible, light-filled Austin habitation of architectural lensman Casey Dunn, whose blueprint inspiration came from the high desert, minimalist architecture of Marfa, a small-scale town inward West Texas. Publishing a coffee-table volume on the subject, Marfa Modern, Casey's affinity amongst the mode of houses he was shooting paved the agency for the blueprint of his ain dream home, which was realised amongst the assist of architects Side Angle Side.
It all began when Casey approached Arthur Furman, a longtime friend, almost designing a solid on a double corner lot he had purchased inward East Austin. At the time, he together with Sarah Dunn (née Weinstein), his futurity wife, had non yet met. Over the course of report of the project, however, the solid was re-cast equally an eventual menage unit of measurement home, together with amongst avid gear upward Sarah equally a minute influence, the kitchen took on a much larger role inward the overall plan.
Simultaneously, the projection also became an chance for Arthur together with his architect wife, Annie-Laurie Grabiel, to launch articulation enterprise Side Angle Side. The focus of the blueprint was Casey's vision of a uncomplicated shaped solid amongst a gabled roof, together with the apartment lot had real few site constraints. With no gradient to cistron inward together with no view, the architects used the lay of the sun, together with human relationship to the street to produce upward one's heed the house’s orientation, choosing to build on the inner lot, amongst the indoor together with outdoor living areas facing southeast. Using the monolithic adobe buildings of westward Texas high province equally inspiration, the squad created a solid essentially created from that i material, which nevertheless provides warmth together with a multifariousness of spaces inside its barn-like shape.
“The walls are two-by-six framed walls, together with therefore spell it’s non truthful adobe construction, nosotros silent wanted to produce the same feeling of massive walls,” says Annie-Laurie. Within this envelope, the architects “punched in” recessed window frames that produce a shadow line of piece of job together with laissez passer the impression the walls are much thicker than they are. This also protects the timber frames from the rain. On the side of the solid rather than the front, the entranceway was designed to live discrete spell announcing its presence inward a natural way.
Inside together with out, it is clear to run across that this habitation centres some texture amongst the utilisation of natural materials together with a mix of salvaged together with designer pieces. Injecting warmth together with demonstrating a beautiful sense of cohesion, the striking beams that soar higher upward the infinite are akin to the floors, both made from antique woods salvaged from the same barn demolition. As Arthur farther explains, "The ceiling beams accept the master pigment on them, together with these beautiful milled floorboards retain large bolt holes that nosotros filled in. Just planing them exposed this gorgeous, amber musical note together with grain structure, because it’s all onetime increase timber.”
The striking kitchen was designed some carefully selected appliances yesteryear Fisher & Paykel including the 30" Single Built-in Oven together with 30" Gas on Steel Cooktop.
In the kitchen, the overall finish was to produce a minimal, produce clean infinite amongst few distractions. The white oak cabinetry has tabular array legs together with opened upward shelving, together with the night soapstone countertops are inward keeping amongst the monochrome palette. Enhancing the overall sense of open-ness inward the space, the gas cooktop was kept split from the oven together with clearly visible, spell the oven together with other to a greater extent than solid elements were consolidated into the inner side of the island. This considered, distributed blueprint allows to a greater extent than than i soul to piece of job inward the kitchen at the same time. Perfect for a duet who straight off gear upward together, they both picked out specific appliances from Fisher & Paykel, allowing the architects, who were real happy amongst their choices, to blueprint the infinite some them.
Images courtesy of Fisher & Paykel