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The Treetops House in Austin
Contemporary Home in Texas, USA ? design by Specht Architects
Feb 11, 2019
The Treetops House
Design: Specht Architects
Location: Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Treetops House
The Treetops House, located on Austin?s west side, is a renovation and major expansion of a 1955 suburban ranch house. The original house (designed by Page Sullivan Page in the ?50?s) was very typical for its time and place?a sprawling single-story, fairly nondescript affair that had small windows, and was clad entirely in Texas limestone.

The challenge was to turn this into a modern house that was open, bright, and inviting, while not completely obliterating all traces of what had existed before. The new composition is one which is clearly of its time, but also respects and reflects the time and place in which the original house was created.
Per architect Scott Specht: ?The project presented some interesting questions of preservation vs change, as well as a compelling story of dealing with a challenging (and ultimately rewarding) site. Part of our philosophy is that elements of the history of a place be retained and incorporated into any new design.

There are characteristics of almost any design, regardless of how banal, that embody memories and a sense of neighborhood. We feel that preserving these adds depth to any new intervention. We largely maintained the ent...