< projects | Windemere Residence
“…quality of life, living comfortably, being part of the neighborhood, being able to entertain friends and family…”
AIA Houston Home Tour 2021
Terraced Living
“We want first-floor living and super-awesome outdoor space that isn’t two flights of stairs away.”
Our clients’ new 3,500 square foot 4 bedroom 4 1/2 bathroom home is elevated almost 5 feet above the floodplain. We ran with the challenge to give them connected living space across their entire site, and created 1,200 square feet of terraces inside a breezy courtyard.
All of the first floor living spaces have walls of glass that open into outdoor living space.
Plants and sunshine
Showers at the first floor and second floor primary bedroom suites open to the outside with large floor to ceiling windows screened with exterior landscaping and large interior planters, carrying the sense of connection and light through into the private living spaces.
Connected
The large floor to ceiling windows that provide broad views through the house into the courtyard and back give the home the sense of expansiveness and light our clients wanted.
Brick walls at the exterior carry through into the home, adding to the sense of connection inside to outside, and creating a dramatic backdrop for the central staircase.
Construction by Gifford Construction
Photography by Leonid Furmansky
 
                         
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
              
            
            
          
             
            
              
            
            
          
            