Love the canopy over the house, making a porch and outdoor living area around the house. Great idea for Texas heat. Might be a solution to my quest for lake home.
metal canopies make a lot of sense in Texas.
Canopy in TexasA 60- by 80-foot metal canopy more than doubles this Texas home's outdoor living space. Houzzers loved the seamless transition from the indoors to the outdoors that this canopy offers, as well as the genius disappearing garage door, quirky shower tile and other colorful reclaimed features
courtyard. The Texas climate is well suited to an arrangment of small individual one-room-deep pavilions with cross ventilation, much like the historic vernacular precedent.
Elsewhere in Texas is Lake | Flato's Porch House, a sustainable house made from a modular kit of parts. The example here illustrates
space of Texas to an extreme. The master bedroom, living area and guest rooms are three separate buildings connected by walkways.