Moontower Residence contemporary porch
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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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Stuart Sampley Architect SW Peppercorn
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EcoSafe Spaces, LLC We just painted a house this color for an architect client in Travis Heights. Good color, and nice work!
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Here's the home's entrance. Two bedrooms and a full bathroom are tucked upstairs at the front of the house. Sampley keeps his projects cost-efficient partly by staying involved from start to finish. "Architects who make a plan and hand it off to the builder can get out of touch with how much things cost," he says. He makes sure his clients know how much things should cost, what the quality of the work should be, and where it makes sense to put the money. He then makes sure each phase of the project is well coordinated without long and costly lag periods — for instance, making sure paint colors are chosen while the walls are put up, and that the painter is there as soon as they're ready.
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Cedar posts and deck
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hardi and cypress
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12" smooth
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Nice simple roof
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SW peppercorn
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hardie flush siding
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Cool
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Rear entry
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Siding & Deck
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galvalume; cypress
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Another Austinite
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Love this 2
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fibre cement weather board
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Exposed rafters.
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Entry bench niche
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10.75
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Post
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Roof detail, clean simple and affordable
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front enterance
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Exterior
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DON'T WAN'T
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I like these up joints
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Hardy plank siding w/metal edge detail
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Porch look with no railings
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House color
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Very pretty
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love this
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color
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Gray,wood too orange
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Nice deck
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Roof
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Siding
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Simple and straightforward
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Facade - wide hardiplank
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cuz the color looks like livinghomes design
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combinations of colors
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Good country living.
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fiber
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porch ideas for mcglamory
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Wrap around
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great use of color.
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front porch
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Hardi
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Siding
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Simplicity!
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exterior, cement board siding
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grey siding with cedar accent wood
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Moontower Residence
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Grey Siding
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Fiber Cement Panels.
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simpiicity
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Cool house
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wooden porch
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metal roof, siding color, gravel for drainage
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Like
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like this width
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raw wood contrasted to siding
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porch off garage?
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Deck
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Roof
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Porch structure
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paint and roof
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sparse and clean
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simple
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Porch
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I like the roof concept
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color
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Massing
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Exterior color
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Metal roof, porch
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Deck , cut into main building, no need to change roof line
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Here's the home's entrance. Two bedrooms and a full bathroom are tucked upstairs at the front of the house. Sampley keeps his projects cost-efficient partly by staying involved from start to finish. "Architects who make a plan and hand it off to the builder can get out of touch with how much things cost," he says. He makes sure his clients know how much things should cost, what the quality of the work should be, and where it makes sense to put the money. He then makes sure each phase of the project is well coordinated without long and costly lag periods — for instance, making sure paint colors are chosen while the walls are put up, and that the painter is there as soon as they're ready.
added by kirkwashburn to siding (18 months ago)
A little too light...
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Porch ideas
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hardy plank
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Siding4
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Idea
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paint color and raw wood?
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Here's the home's entrance. Two bedrooms and a full bathroom are tucked upstairs at the front of the house.
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roof for patio overhang
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shed colors