Moontower

At Moontower, we get to protect the charm of existing structures to help ensure Austin’s distinctiveness lives on for generations.

And you can too!
We invite you to be a part of the Preservation Austin community.

Legacy Business Month is a great way to dip your toe into this caring and inclusive community. The event runs all month long, is free, expands your horizons, and supports local biz! What’s not to love?

Too busy to attend? You can support by becoming a Preservation Austin Member as an individual or business. Membership fuels advocacy, grants, educational programs, and events like this all year round.

As architects, we have a love of the old. The patina, stories, memory, and craftsmanship that make a place feel rooted.

We’re equally drawn to the new, with its promise of performance, quality, and technological advances.

At Moontower, we don’t see those as a binary choice. We choose both.

Different homes require different recipes for mixing old and new. At our Hyde Park house, we took a new-construction path while borrowing older patterns for the massing, roof forms, and windows to honor the intact streetscape of bungalows that gives this Austin neighborhood so much of its character.

New construction, with an old soul. 🏡

Special thanks to some of our favorite collaborators who help us build new homes that feel like they belong.

The Austin we love is here! ❤️

Proud to begin my second year on the Preservation Austin Board—and honored to step into the role of President-Elect.

Inspired by the remarks from Executive Director Lindsey Derrington, Past President Miriam Conner, and President Travis Smith, and excited to keep doing the work of preserving the places, stories, and character that make Austin feel like Austin.

If you love this city, check out Preservation Austin and get involved. 🏡

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Nothing beats a “hands-on” trunk show with our favorite manufacturers and artisans. In June we were able to share our studio to showcase the latest from in a casual and collaborative mid-day get together. We got to “ooh” and “ahh” with fellow designers as we pulled samples for upcoming projects and fueled each others creativity. We love the collaborative spirit in Austin!

The artistry and immediacy of the patterns comes directly from mind-hand connection of Rebecca at work - loved hearing about her process and seeing her sketches and watercolors. Still inspired weeks later 🥰

Thank you for attending:





DM us if you’d like to attend a future Vendor’s Table at Moontower!

What if your 1964 ranch-style home already had everything it needed?

The mature trees. The established neighborhood. The memories. The character.

But what if it didn’t support the life you want to live today?

More light, opportunity for gathering, space for growing kids (and play dates). A welcoming suite for parents and guests. Room to care for the people who matter most.

For this renovation, we opened the floor plan and used strategic skylights to bring in natural light and although the original home played it straight with 8’ ceilings throughout and mostly white walls and carpeted rooms we added warm wood ceilings and Southwestern influences, introduced bold colors and personality, and created spaces that support the way this family lives today by adding an all seasons screened porch for gathering to a private suite for guests.

At Moontower, we believe great renovations honor what’s worth keeping while making room for what comes next.

What part of your home would you never want to lose?

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Check out an old favorite of ours this weekend on the home tour. This Saturday, you can see Nick Deaver’s award-winning “Lean Too,” an addition we were honored to build about 10 years ago.

Now on its second owner and with an updated interior by (not pictured here) the original home and modern addition will be 1 of 10 unique and storied spaces rarely available for public access.

Get your tickets from Preservation Austin and see an incredible cross-section of Austin’s neighborhoods and preserved homes. All proceeds go to PA programming, advocacy, education, and grants efforts that help keep Austin’s soul standing.

Moontower is a proud sponsor of the tour and PA year round. Frank will be at the Newning house Saturday morning - do drop by and say “hi” - and if you aren’t a member of Preservation Austin yet, then please join and support special places and the history behind them today!

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