1956年，奥斯汀的建筑师费尔和格兰杰设计了一座木制和玻璃房子，在未来的活橡树大教堂下盘旋于地面之上。他们的设计在陡峭的场地上只留下了一个最小的后院。突出的线条、石灰石基座和优雅的倾斜屋顶的2680平方英尺的结构体现了当时的现代建筑。在屋内，一个回旋的楼梯将房子的私人部分和社会部分一分为二，挤压了内部空间的流通，限制了流动。
In 1956, Austin architects Fehr and Granger designed a wood and glass house to hover above the ground beneath a future cathedral of live oaks. Their design left only a minimal backyard on the steeply sloped site. The emphatic lines, limestone base and gracefully pitched roof of the 2,680 ft2 structure embodied the modern architecture of the day. Inside, a back-switching stair bisected the private and social sides of the house pinching circulation between interior spaces and restricting flow.
60年后，和谐的旋律被添加到这个已经完成的建筑构成中。这座房子重新用中空玻璃和垂直雪松护墙板覆盖，任其风化，并通过移除不幸的扩建和车库填充物而恢复到原来的形式和占地面积。一个新的七英尺高的L形白橡木柜子将正式和非正式的生活区分开，看起来就像景观中的另一面墙。它包含了家里的文物，并围绕着一个艺术家朋友建造的实心橡木工作台–岛，蜿蜒前进。
Sixty years later, harmonic riffs were added to this already accomplished building composition. The house re-clad in insulated glass and vertical cedar siding left to weather, was returned to its original form and footprint by removing an unfortunate expansion and garage in-fill. A new seven-foot high L-shaped white oak cabinet separating formal and informal living areas appears like another wall in the landscape. It contains the home’s artifacts and doglegs around a solid oak workbench-island built by an artist friend.
对于房子的私人部分，通过重新定位卧室的壁橱，创建了一个新的更宽敞的业主卧室和浴室。取消了上层露台的门，采用了一个直行的开放式悬挂楼梯；由胶合板制成，缓解了住宅流通的瓶颈，直接通向下面的新泳池露台、泳池屋和游戏室。这个朝南的露台，是对原有结构的混凝土、木材和钢材的即兴创作，悬空于山顶，完成了缺失的后院。
For the private side of the house, a new more generous owners bedroom and bath was created by repositioning bedroom closets. Eliminating an upper terrace door and adopting a straight-run open riser hanging stair; made of plywood, relieves the bottleneck in the home’s circulation and leads directly to a new pool terrace, pool house and playroom below. This south facing terrace, a concrete, wood and steel improvisation of the original structure, cantilevers over the hill and completes the missing backyard.
Architects: Nick Deaver Architect
Area : 817 m²
Year : 2018
Photographs :Casey Dunn
Manufacturers : Dornbracht, Hansgrohe, Emtek, Heath Ceramics, Juno, Sub-Zero, Sugatsune, Texas Architectural Timbers, WAC Lighting, Wetstyle, Windsor
Contractors : Wilmington-Gordon
Landscape Design : David Wilson Garden Design Inc.
Arborist : Vincent Debrock Heritage Tree Care
Design Team : Adam C. Melius, Ernesto Peralez, Jes Deaver
Artist : Brian Johnson
Stairs : Mend Services
Entrance Door : Grand Door Company
City : Austin
Country : United States