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by Stuart Sampley Architect

Austin, TX, US 78704 · 85 photos

Moontower Residence

http://stuartsampleyarchitect.com

This house in Austin’s Bouldin neighborhood is an exercise in efficiency and invention. The site’s three heritage trees drove the design, whose interplay of Hardiplank, wood, metal, and glass is enhanced by thoughtful details and clever spatial solutions. A cypress wood front porch reflects up the easy-going architecture of the neighborhood and another porch overlooks the courtyard, which offers a private outdoor room. Inside, cork floors, a walnut divider, and built-in entertainment center in the main living areas enrich the otherwise simple and sunny modern space. Frosted glass throughout the house provides natural light and privacy during the day and, filters the glow from the adjacent Moontower at night.

Completed March 2011 - view construction progress photos
General Contractor - JGB Custom Homes
Kitchen Consultant - Hello Kitchen
Interior Furnishing & Styling - Little Pond Deisgn
Photography - Atelier Wong

5-star rating by Austin Energy Green Building Program
Featured on 2011 AIA Homes Tour

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The home is near one of Austin's historic Moonlight Towers — or Moontowers — 165-foot light towers erected around 1895 to illuminate unpaved and underdeveloped areas of the growing city. They were common all over the country at that time, and Austin's remaining 17, of an original 31, are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The window shown here is 11 feet off the floor of the master bathroom and is situated so that in darkness, the glow from the neighborhood's Moontower provides a nightlight in the bathroom. Sampley notes that the window is east-facing, so it also lets in the glow of the sunrise. To subtly differentiate the property's two structures, he used board-and-batten siding on the outbuilding (at left), in contrast to the lap siding of the main home. Next: More inspiring Austin homesRegional Modern: Austin Architecture

added by John Hill to Fiber Cement Siding Takes a Front Seat

This photo of the popular Moontower Residence in Austin, Texas, illustrates the versatility of fiber cement relative to traditional siding. One volume is covered with horizontal siding, while the other is board and batten; both are capped by the same corrugated metal roofing and treated with a similar color palette.

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metal roof w/rafters

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tin ceiling and exposed wood frame

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Board and batten

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Yyy

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Steel roof

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Roof

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corrigated metal roof

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Cyprus and galvy

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Siding

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Fiber Cement Siding Takes a Front Seat

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Love the red with the metal under eaves. Also like the lapped grey siding. Is it fiber cement siding?

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Roofing - Galvalume

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Roof

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Hardi plank transition

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Colors

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Painted board and batten

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color

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Fiber cement siding

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Battan siding

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overhangs

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siding

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Galvanized

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Hardi plank (cement board)

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Like the metal overhang

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SW peppercorn

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love both of these together

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siding variation similar to our conversation on Tuesday . . . good view

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looks like thick james hardie

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colours

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fiber cement siding

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Painted Hardi-Board

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roof overhangs and porches

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Like this siding

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B&B + Lap

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ITs from Austin and use of siding and metal roof

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roof - tin

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Eaves

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Board and Batten fiber Cement Siding

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Fiber cement

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Fibre cement

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fiber cemen siding

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hardiplank - vertical and horizontal

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roof lines

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hardipanel vertical and horizonal

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hardie 1

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Love the siding combination and color.

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fiber cement panels?

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siding

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fibercement siding

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siding

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Interesting framing

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like the eve deatil....simple

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close up hardie

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Galvanized roof

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i like the exposed rafters on the underside of the roof

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width of siding

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view of framing

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Garage

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Roof structure

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fiber cement siding vs traditional wood siding

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Hardi horizontal and verticals, overhang detail

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Roof

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separate guest house

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Siding

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fiber cement siding

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timber and cladding

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Underside of metal roof

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Modern Wilderness

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different colors for different buildings, metal casings against painted exterior

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Back porch roofing idea

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Siding

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Roof!!

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Corrugated galvanised iron - contemporary finish

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roof

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Roof for poo house

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siding

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roofing and siding

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Fiberboard

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Siding

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the use of zinc

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roof

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roofing layout

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Roofing Overhang

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Siding

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lap or cedar siding on front porch and corrugated on our brown siding

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siding

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roof material & gutters

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cement b and batten

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Siding

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fiber cement paneling?

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Board & Batten

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clapboard modern

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great for a bathroom window

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corrugated metal roof with exposed purlins & rafter tails

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Fiber cement panels

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I like roof

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shows the edge of joining boards

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vertical vs horizontal.

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corrugated galvanized iron. cladding.

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Fiber cement panels (but not grey)

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cement fiber board

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Fiber cement, board and batten

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Hardiboard siding

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the roof

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Fiber cement contains a mix of cellulose fiber material, Portland cement, silica, sand, water and other additives, according to Victoria Ballard Bell's helpful book Materials for Design. Panels made with it are also called Hardie board, after the name of their number-one manufacturer. Fiber cement replaced the asbestos cement sheeting of Hardie board used until the 1980s, when it was banned for obvious reasons.

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ROOFING MATERIAL

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flat siding detail

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Roof - Metal Eave

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this looks neat

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Joists and rafters under roofing