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Lake Austin Cabin

An undeveloped 5 acre lot had been a gathering place for the client’s family since the 1970’s. This beautiful lakefront oasis, known affectionately as The Narrows, lies just a few miles outside of downtown Austin. The owners insisted on a simple, humble, yet unique cabin to host their family gatherings and quiet weekend retreats.

This small cabin, nicknamed ‘Cousin Cabana’, needed to host multiple programs in a small space while maintaining a sense of openness. Only 480 sf, the cabin features a combined kitchen-living-dining room adjacent to a wood deck. We chose natural materials and methods that would be maintenance-free for years including an ipe wood rainscreen siding, custom floor-to-ceiling face-glazed steel windows and board-formed concrete planters.

Lakeview Residence

We were inspired to create our first authentic living space to reflect our client’s desire to live and work in his painting studio. The design emulates his painting style and personal lifestyle by using natural materials, minimalist values, and bridging social context within a live-work environment. The overall form takes on an ethos of monumental simplicity which inherently captures panoramic lake views from the steep mountainside terrain.

East Side Collective

Our office. Our home. Our community. We teamed up with other architects, engineers, contractors, interior designers, and like-minded businesses and individuals to renovate an old Pepsi bottling warehouse facility into a social space for productivity and recreation. Accomplished on an extremely small budget and a lot of sweat equity, this constant work in progress is now activated. Originally intended as a shared office space, we have taken advantage of the courtyard and open warehouse space to host art gallery and music events, and classes and seminars.

For desk rental information and event information, visit us at www.eastsidecollective.com

Cambridge Tower Residence

Black Rabbit Design was faced with the challenge of fitting multiple programs into a single 1400 sf unit for a retiring couple with multi-functional lifestyles. The historic Cambridge Tower is a mid-mid-century concrete and glass marvel, originally built by Dallas-based architect Thomas E Stanley. We sought to preserve and enhance Thomas E Stanley’s original design intent. Full height cabinetry line all of the walls of the unit in a rhythm that aligns with the original floor-to-ceiling glass balcony storefront units. A mobile wall create the master closet and recess to expand the multi-functioning great room. The enclosed 100 sf ‘privacy’ room serves as a bedroom, office, media room, yoga space, and utility room. The furniture was custom designed to recess and attach to the cabinetry and millwork built-ins throughout the space.

West Mary Residences

These four garden courtyard houses embody the feel of south Austin’s eclectic and casual lifestyle. Taking cues from the local neighborhood, the 2-story primary units facing the street are styled in a traditional vernacular form while the rear 1-story accessory dwelling units (ADU’s) take on a low-slung mid-century modern form. Solid (insulated) stack-bonded architectural grade CMU (concrete masonry unit) walls define the ADU’s (accessory dwelling unit) exterior walls which carry through to the interior. Heavy mass gabion walls create privacy and natural garden planter walls.

Peoples Residence

Black Rabbit Design teamed up with Newcastle Homes to create a speculative home in the heart of East Austin. The master suite is a separate unit connected to the main house via glass entry to create a courtyard field focused around a large heritage oak tree that has dominated the property for nearly a century.

Engaging with traditional forms but applying modern detailing is a technique we refer to as “modern vernacular”. This use of modern vernacular allowed us to seamlessly fit the home into an old, but rapidly changing neighborhood, while appealing to the modernist.

South 2nd Residence

Black Rabbit Design was commissioned to design this accessory dwelling unit (ADU) to reflect the existing primary residence, originally designed a decade prior. We were able to circumvent the Austin regulations that would have otherwise prohibited us from building a 2-story structure above a carport by creating a mezzanine loft space. The tall south-facing window system allows indirect sunlight throughout the double-height space during all hours of the day.

Comal Residences

These residential spec homes were designed as two simple forms on a single site tied together by a shared carport and trellis structure with individual garden courtyards. Dark exposed masonry walls are balanced with a warm and natural cedar rainscreen exterior siding and exposed natural cabinetry throughout the interiors. Large expansive glass and multi-sliding door systems open up to their respective private gardens tying the outdoors into the indoors.

The smaller secondary structure, known as an Accessory Dwelling Unit (or ADU), was designed as a single-story unit. Double-height exposed ceiling structure and floor-to-ceiling glass doors and windows make this unit feel larger than reality.

Sunnyvale Residence

This classic modern remodel allowed us to create a timeless feel for to an outdated historic residence. Working within the existing footprint, we opened up existing spaces and consolidated program to make the home more spacious.

We tied the existing space to the outdoor private pool area using a glass multi-sliding pocket door and expansive kitchen windows that overlook the exterior.We chose a light and cool color palette to put life back into the space. Warm natural wood materials throughout balance the cool color scheme.

Yaupon Valley Residence

This cliffside luxury home was designed to take advantage of the city of Austin skyline views and the surrounding valley and pool spaces. We separated this house design into 2 programs; the level 2 private space and the level 1 social space. The level 1 social space consists of the kitchen, living, dining, and library/ lounge areas all connected to the outdoor pool and outdoor deck. The level 2 private spaces consists of 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, a master suite, and an office space, each with its own unique view.

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