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Annie Residence

Annie Residence

A two-family house built in South Austin incorporating modular construction, extensive glass walls and an interior water feature.
The East Village

The East Village

A Vertical Mixed Use project located in the Revitalization District of Austin's East 11th Street. The project has earned a 3-star Green Building Rating and qualifies as one of the City of Austin's S.M.A.R.T. Housing developments. Program includes 11 retail stores and offices, 20 residential condominiums, and roof top decks accessible by all residents.
Cascading Creek House

Cascading Creek House

A single-family home the Texas Hill Country incorporating multiple green systems components including photovoltaics, rainwater collection and hydronic heating & cooling.
Edgeland House

Edgeland House

The Edgeland House is a benchmark project built into the shores of the Colorado River that thoughtfully redefines the single-family house typology with its small footprint and innovative sustainable systems. Conscientiously sited on a rehabilitated brown field, the project is about healing the land and urban renewal.
The Peninsula Residence on Lake Austin

The Peninsula Residence on Lake Austin

A lake front remodel exercising reflection, translucency, color and geometry to bring natural light into the house and specialized environmental systems to make it more ecologically sensitive.
Shore Vista Boat Dock

Shore Vista Boat Dock
Two Coves Residence

Two Coves Residence

A residential project near Lake Austin.
Enfield houses

Enfield houses

This project consist of 3 houses fronting Enfield in Austin. Each house is composed of 4 volumes which change in elevation to accommodate the zoning restriction while creating a compelling perspective. The garage and motor court are buried to minimize the scale of the homes and work the design around a beautiful oak tree in the backyard.
E 11th St Multi-Use Development

E 11th St Multi-Use Development

A three story mixed use project in the revitalized 11th Street Corridor of Austin TX. The ground floor is divided between an art gallery and boutique retail outlet. The second floor is reserved for office tenants with residential spaces occupying the top floor.
DEN

DEN

An art gallery with office located within the W Hotel in downtown Austin, TX
The Quarry House

The Quarry House

This single family residence is a deconstructed limestone cube with a rotated internal grid. The narrow three story entry axial canyon brings natural light deep into the heart of the house. Dramatic shadow cast on the interior canyon wall quietly reveal the passage of time. Subtle level changes and carefully configured window openings gradually carve out space from the limestone cube, becoming more open as one ascend towards the sky, eventually giving way to outdoor terraces shaded by cantilevered louvers which further break down the overall massing.
Mango Financial

Mango Financial

Mango Financial, Inc. is an innovative consumer financial services company that seeks to empower underserved customers in the U.S. to achieve their financial goals.
Volente Residence

Volente Residence

The volente lake house was designed to minimize disturbance to the site while maximizing use of recycled material. The steel and glass house floats above salvaged concrete block walls & foundation of an existing house to connect with the vistas of Lake Travis.
Beverly Skyline Residence

Beverly Skyline Residence

A single-family remodel based on the notions of recycling, reuse, and the integration of built space and its environment.
Chai One HQ

Chai One HQ

An adaptive reuse of the original Schlumberger Headquarters
Wingspan House

Wingspan House
Benetton Tehran

Benetton Tehran

Competition entry for a tower in Tehran
Lago Vista Lake House

Lago Vista Lake House

Commissioned by a highly creative family including a painter, writer and set-designer, the lago vista residence is a vacation home which doubles as an artists' retreat.
Skybridge Condominiums

Skybridge Condominiums

Skybridge is a 160,000 s.f. residential condominium in South Austin with 120 units.
Factory People (now American Apparel)

Factory People (now American Apparel)

A unique boutique combining fashion, music, art and literature inspired by Andy Warhol's factory. Designed for a creative, multi-purpose environment in the heart of Austin's SOCO District.
Malinalco Retreat

Malinalco Retreat

Malinalco luxury spa resort is a project located two hours outside of Mexico City, in a valley between Nevado do Toluca and Popocatepetl, two of Mexico's highest volcanic peaks.
Self-Sustaining House Competition

Self-Sustaining House Competition

A research project into the concept of self-sufficient buildings.
Nahua Tower

Nahua Tower

A proposed 34 story tower to be built in downtown Austin on Lady Bird Lake in cooperation with the Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC)
Urban Forest - Stockholm Library

Urban Forest - Stockholm Library
Green Water Redevelopment

Green Water Redevelopment

A design for downtown Austin designed in collaboration with Foster and Partners, proposing a world class, uniquely Austin, 21st century urban neighborhood converging around two elegant spires.
Hill Country Resort

Hill Country Resort

A resort and activity venue in the Texas Hill Country
Riverview Gardens

Riverview Gardens

Three houses located on Austin's East Side a few blocks north of the river. The houses are lifted off the ground level to create an elevated 2-story plan centered around a partially enclosed interior courtyard.
Baja Spa & Resort

Baja Spa & Resort

The first phase of an 800 acre luxury spa resort in Baja California Sur. The site is one hour north of Loreto in the Bahia Concepcion facing the Cortez Inland Sea.
Asian American Resource Center

Asian American Resource Center
Riviera Maya Hotel

Riviera Maya Hotel

Renovation of a 1960's beachfront hotel in Cancun
Aqua Verde Residence

Aqua Verde Residence

House overlooking both Lake Austin and the Texas Hill Country. The design emphasizes views of the site by elevating the living spaces, providing a shaded exterior space beneath.
Cheongna City Tower - Korea

Cheongna City Tower - Korea

Competition proposal for an iconic observation tower in the heart of the new Cheonga City development. The design proposes a series of island parks surrounding a helical spire.
Kingdom Bar

Kingdom Bar
Monterrey Twin Towers

Monterrey Twin Towers

The Monterrey Twin Towers is among multiple projects-in-process that give testimony to our growing presence in Mexico.
Miami Waterworks

Miami Waterworks

Conversion of an existing waterworks facility into a gateway & orientation building for the new Arts district in downtown Miami. Next to the Herzog & De Meuron designed Miami Art Museum
Herradura Community

Herradura Community

The increasing middle age population in Mexico demanded a good fundamental development to increase and facilitate their every day. Bercy Chen’s proposal in Herradura was to create a highly vegetated oasis in where a series of buildings are divided by natural and procreative space. We took inspiration on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian architecture to design an interaction between nature and the buildings. We created a walkway which goes around and through the buildings, developing an interaction between shadow and light and nature and brick buildings.
Murphy Residence

Murphy Residence
Re:Vision Dallas

Re:Vision Dallas

A research proposal investigating new strategies for developing urban communities developed as part of the Re:Vision Dallas competition.
Taichung Opera House

Taichung Opera House

A proposal for the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House
Solidarity Museum - Poland

Solidarity Museum - Poland
Townes Homes

Townes Homes
Riviera Hotel

Riviera Hotel
ZeroSpace Art Museum

ZeroSpace Art Museum
Tarrytown place

Tarrytown place

This project is a 6 units condominium project located west of Austin. The unit vary from a one bedroom efficiency to a three bedroom unit.
Sunset Valley House

Sunset Valley House

Austin | 1111 E. 11th Street Suite 200 : Austin Texas 78702 : United States of America | +1 512 481 0092

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