Roam Ranch is a luxe ranch house designed for family living by Baldridge Architect, located in the Texas Hill Country in central Texas. Encompassing 4,362 square feet of living space, this working ranch, situated just outside Fredericksburg, was designed to embrace its connection to the land. It is a testament to rigorous modern design presented in a central Texas vernacular in its form, finishes, and spirit—a unique assembly of contemporary and traditional design.
The owners had previously commissioned the firm for a stylistically modern Austin home. During the pandemic, the couple with children disenchanted with city life and again commissioned the firm to design a new home on the ranch where they sustainably raise bison and turkeys under the name “Force of Nature.” Unlike their city house, this new home also needed to function for their business operations, including podcasts and educational events.
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DESIGN DETAILS: ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS Baldridge Architect BUILDER Duecker Construction Company STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Dennis Duffy Engineering LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Campbell Landscape
The homeowners were adamant that this new dwelling retain a true ranch feel, while accommodating certain modern flourishes and amenities. Above all, both wanted to retain the two buildings they had built on the property—a kitchen/dining structure and a detached single-bedroom volume. The resulting design preserves a conceptual legibility.
Bedrooms, carport, kitchen, offices, great room, and gym all reside as volumes under a single roof gesture. New corrugated polycarbonate roofing matching the preexisting roof to create a stunning entry/carport, while allowing light into the existing rooms. Together, these spaces become the focal point that is, itself, a distillation of a central Texas dog-trot.
The ingenuity of the plan was born of pragmatic constraints. At all times, the clients needed to live in the structures amidst the chaos and mess of construction… with a newborn, no less.
The design needed to contemplate the finished structure, but also the necessary logistics to accommodate uninterrupted occupation. While those logistics played a role in the design, one cannot see that in the resulting structure—it is fully resolved and clean.
This is especially true in the small moments; the way the raw stone hearth allows the floor to seamlessly slip beneath with a 1/4”reveal or the way the flitched wood and steel structure invisibly allows for additional support at the compound cantilevers.
What We Love: This striking ranch house in the Hill Country was designed with luxe details to help a once-urban family live comfortably amongst nature. Thoughtfully designed for seamless indoor-outdoor living, the home features expansive covered porches that extend the living spaces while flooding the interiors with natural light. We especially love how this home blends Texas Hill Country vernacular with modern materials to create a timeless aesthetic.
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Note: Be sure to check out a couple of other incredible home tours that we have showcased here on One Kindesign in the state of Texas: Tour this amazing rammed earth home nestled in the Texas Hill Country and Reclaimed meets modern in this absolutely beautiful Texas home.
PHOTOGRAPHER Casey Dunn
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