The clients behind the Courtyard residence on Del Monte were not new to the process of designing a house, and as such had cultivated a deep understanding and appreciation of well-mannered architecture. They were eager to create a house that comfortably blended into their neighborhood, which contained many houses from the 1940s with characteristically smaller footprints. We responded with a Mediterranean-inspired house, the shape of which would carefully preserve several mature live oaks while encouraging a warm and comfortable life, a life lived equally in and out-of-doors.

Recipient of 2015 John Staub Award, ICAA Texas