Low Design Office has designed this modern-rustic river house as a family getaway, located in New Braunfels, a city near San Antonio, Texas. Three siblings use this 2,900 square foot dwelling as a gathering hub for their families. They requested that the design provide a space that promotes and emphasizes connections between the families and the surrounding landscape, as well as to the river.
Additionally, this dwelling needed to be built on a very tight budget — no simple feat for a site within the Guadalupe River Floodway. To achieve these demands, the architects focused the design around standard materials, details, and components while emphasizing dramatic spatial configurations at connection points that would enhance shared moments between the families and the outdoors.
Floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors and exterior glazing over HardiePanel vertical siding serves as the connecting elements, wrapping the living space with transparency at the interior while reflecting nature at the exterior.
Clerestory windows in the double volume living space look directly onto the rooftop deck outside the “kids” loft at the floor above.
The architects of this project took advantage of deals on materials wherever they could source them — all the interior wood finishes are off the shelf products from lumber suppliers, and they collaborated with small Texas shops for affordable windows and sliding glass doors.
What We Love: This Texas river house offers a large extended family a wonderful place to gather and spend quality time together. We are loving the design of this light-filled home with its spacious layout that encourages indoor-outdoor gathering. Large sliding glass doors help to blur indoor-outdoor boundaries while encouraging the family to spend time outdoors enjoying this home’s tranquil surroundings.
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Note: Have a look at a couple of other popular home tours that we have featured here on One Kindesign in the state of Texas: A French chateaux style dream home in Southlake, Texas and Gorgeous Mediterranean home in Texas surrounded by majestic oaks.
The house is comprised of two generic rectangular forms rotated to weave around existing trees while maintaining river views.
The rotated geometries act upon one another, defining living space and carving out porches in a fashion that strengthens both the connection between the two volumes (guest bedrooms and main living spaces) and the relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces.
Photos: Casey Dunn Photography
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