Architecture and Home Design

Austin Energy District Cooling Plant was designed by BGK Architects. Their client is City of Austin. This building is located in Austin, Texas, with 55,000 sf of size. This work has award: Architectural Design Winner, Austin Business Journal Best Real Estate Award, Art in Public Places Award, The Public Art Network of Americans for the Arts, Decorative Metals Design Award, Metal Architecture Magazine.
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Pool House was designed by  Miró Rivera Architects location in Austin, Texas, United States.Due to the steeply sloping site, the elevated living spaces of the existing house prossessd little connection with the pool and backyard bellow. The client requested a new pool and pool house with a closer relationship to the site on each other that would serve as vocal point for both outdoor and indoor activities. The upper floor of the pool house integrated functions, such us the pool bath and out door bar, which directly serve the pool and outdoor use. (more…)

Peninsula Residence, House with Lake View, designed by Bercy Chen Studio, located in Lake Austin, Texas, United States. The project begins with a 1980′s home-builder house fronting on lake austin. The original design did not harness views to the lake and Mount Bonnell, nor did it respect the ecological sensitivity of its site. The challenge was to develop a sensitive and inventive result out of a pre-existing condition. Through the use of glass, steel, detailing and light the home has been adaptively reinvented. Reflection, translucency, color and geometry conspire to bring natural light deep into the house. A new solarium, pool, and vegetative roof are tuned to interact with the natural context. Exterior materials and refined detailing of the roof structure give the volume clean lines and a bold presence, while abstracting the form of the original dormers and gable roof. Further connecting the home to its site, the roof begins to dissolve where a glass clad chimney and slatted wood screen stand in relief against the sky. [ View Annie Residence by Bercy Chen Studio ]

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Annie Residence, Beautiful House Design With Two Pavilions, designed by Bercy Chen Studio. Located in Austin, Texas, United States. The design was greatly influenced by different regions and cultures. Both the use of the roof as an outdoor living space and the shading devices are derived from Moorish architecture. The body of water and the spatial continuity between inside and outside was inspired by Asian architecture. while the structural transparency of the volumes and the minimalist aspect of the interior was derived from Japanese pavilions.

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