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RIGHT & FACING PAGE: The existing double-width brick
walls that operated as book ends inspired a newly expansive
"warehouse" space in the form of a barbell—a form bounded
on the ends and open in the middle, known and revered in Texas
as a Dog Run. The introduction of an infinity-edge pool to the
existing entry courtyard harks back to the traditional regional
roots of the acequias that were a part of the original hacienda
courtyard entries.Large expanses of glass allow the great room's
spacious volumes to leak out in every direction.
Photographs by Leonid Furmansky
"We are students of
history—if we weren't,
we'd all be out there
trying to reinvent
the wheel."
—John Grable, FAIA
