A Parallel Architects in collaboration with Shoberg Homes has designed this modern urban home located in the Rollingwood neighborhood of Austin, Texas. This home’s composed exterior facade offers sanctuary from the bustling street and serves as a quiet, durable backdrop to the surrounding trees and landscape.

As you step inside this Austin home, you’ll discover a sequence of interconnected rooms appointed with a palette of warm, organic materials. A translucent wall divides the kitchen from a central home office, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity throughout the workday.

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Floor-to-ceiling sliding doors seamlessly connect to the backyard, where you’ll find an outdoor fireplace, a rain garden, and a versatile living pavilion that can easily transform into a screened porch.

ACCOLADES:

2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards – Custom Urban House – Honor Award

2023 Texas Society of Architects Design Award

What We Love: This home provides its owners with an urban sanctuary, close to all the amenities but with a feeling of seclusion thanks to its clever design. We love so many details about this home, from its beautiful landscaping to the material palette and placement of windows to bring in natural light and views. Overall, a sensational design for urban living.

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The kitchen area boasts a vaulted ceiling, with clerestory windows that graciously invite glimpses of the treetops and drifting clouds. The flooring is white oak, adding warmth into this modern refuge.

Ascend the floating staircase to reach a family room that provides a vantage point overlooking the neighborhood street.

A chalkboard-clad, sliding wall can be used to partition the family room from the bedroom hallway when necessary, which leads to the guest suite and a private terrace.

The owner’s bedroom overlooks this sanctuary, while the bathroom enjoys idyllic views of a private garden.

PHOTOGRAPHER Casey Dunn Photography