Location: Austin, Texas

Completed: 2015

Design Team: Gary Furman, Philip Keil, Troy Miller, Jeremy Wahlberg

Contractor: Pilgrim Building Company

Interior Design: Wendy Dunnam Tita

Photographer: Casey Dunn

The “site” for this project is the high-rise W Residences condominium building in the heart of downtown Austin, right above the venue where KLRU tapes the Austin City Limits music programs. Our empty-nest client was downsizing from a house that our firm designed for the family in 2006, so we already had a strong rapport and understanding of their design sensibilities. The interior designer Wendy Dunnam Tita joined the design team at the outset, and the project is a result of the close collaboration between the two offices and our very creative client.

Drawing early inspiration from the work of Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, we used a series of screens and floating ceilings to define finely crafted spaces inside the confines of the concrete shell of the building. Precise detailing and extraordinary craftsmanship in waxed steel, patinated brass, plaster, travertine, and various woods create a warm, elegant retreat from the bustling downtown activity below.

Recognition:

2020 AIA Austin Design Award of Merit

Texas Architect Magazine, “All Grown Up”, Jessie Temple, 2020

Archdaily, "W Residence", May 2018

Austin Home Magazine, "The Whole Package", Winter 2017

Modern Luxury Interiors Texas Magazine, Magazine Cover, “Outside the Box”, February 2017

Interior Design Magazine, “Austin Apartment Masters the Details”, January 2017

Interior Design Magazine Honorable Mention, Best of Year Award, 2017

The Architect's Newspaper, Best of Design Awards Honorable Mention: Residential Interior, 2016