Architect Anthony Alofsin’s 2,600-square-foot home is designed around a 20- x 35-foot courtyard where he aimed to give it a modern, yet ancient feel in its Austin, TX, location.
The 2,600-square-foot home is designed around a 20- x 36-foot courtyard, where the indoor rooms are open to gardens and undisturbed landscape, but protected from the intense western sun. Alofsin strategically placed most of the stonework on the western side beneath overhanging roof eaves. “This was done to avoid any condition where water would run down the face of the stone and attract,” he said. “When water is kept off, the stone retains its color nicely.”