Front entry. Photographer: ©Matthew Millman

design: Mark Lind / photo: Thomas McConnell

Photo by: Ian Umeda

Photo by Boor Bridges Architecture

Photos by Etienne Koenig

The composition of the house is a dance of cubic volumes, vertical stucco masses, and floating roof planes that reinforce the open floor plan. (Photo: Juergen Nogai)

Riptide Construction

Ema Peters

A. R. Sinclair Photography

Elliott Johnson

Overview of the entire exterior transformation which GMANU finished while still keeping the old structure of the house.

Despite being located in an expansive golf community, the Brown residence celebrates stunning desert views from almost every space. Its careful design makes this possible as views to neighboring houses are edited out focused instead on distant mountains. While the residence presents an unassuming, modest scale to the street, it steps down with the slope of the site allowing the spaces inside to become quite generous. Oversize pivot doors and large expanses of glass allow abundant light and air into these spaces while broad overhangs and shading devices protect them from the harsh desert sun. awards 2011 - Texas Society of Architects / AIA Design Award 2010 - AIA San Antonio Merit Award Architecture: Lake/Flato Architects Contractor: the construction zone, ltd. Photography: Bill Timmerman