Archi-Moze

This mid-century modern home was designed by Baldridge Architects, and built by Acero Construction, located in the Zilker neighborhood of Austin, Texas. The design of this home was inspired by the homeowner’s previous mid-century home in California—a 1959 brick bungalow. There was not anything the couple could find similar in Texas, so they commissioned the architects to build from scratch. Overall, the design is a modern house with a nod to American mid-century architecture. The exterior of the home is an unassuming charcoal brick, resulting in an elegant and unassuming exterior. While on the interior, you will find bright white walls for contrast, with splashes of color and pattern throughout — mainly expressed in their modern art collection. Sleek furnishings from the 1950s to the ’70s are mixed with designer pieces. The overall feel of the interior is midcentury, yet a little crisper and cleaner. The homeowner’s were responsible for the interior design. Offering an op

  Insert yourself gently into nature.  Let yourself be penetrated by the light.  On this wooded lot, long considered too difficult to build, the architects turned the pitfalls into trumps.  In the escarpment, floats now a pavilion of glass and wood that blends into the landscape.  A fragmented implementation has been favored here in order to limit the impact of the building on the slope.  Designed for a couple, the project consists of three blocks of housing built on a small plateau below the path and connected to it only by a bridge. A first block, placed vertically, stands on three floors.  At the top is the main entrance and the suite of the owners;  a corner desk / library is arranged at the intermediate level while the level garden level houses a relaxation area, sauna and spa, indoor and outdoor.  From the lower floor, we access directly to the forest floor. A second horizontal block, concrete casing back to the slope, houses the guest rooms.  Finally, building on the t