Tom Hurt Architecture

Skylights are like horns of light. More important than the size of the skylight glass is the shape and size of the first place where the light enters the space and then bounces around. The light then ejects into a living space, say, like a fluid. This first area, when painted white, allows the most reflection and travel to the space it serves.
1111 Westlake Drive, a remodel of a developer home from the 2000's

Mirrors — Meadowlakes project

20 years after construction, and many guests—Meadowlakes Project
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Our Westrock Project was recently published on Archello-

Austin Westrock Private House by Tom Hurt Architecture features a material palette of:

• Acrylic Panel by Acrylite
• Solar panel by Velux
• Windows and doors by Milgard Windows & Doors
• Facade cladding by Stucco
• Switches, plates, wall receptacles by Lutron Electronics Co. Inc.

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9th Street Project; exterior/interior circulation study, in progress-

We’ve been engaged for another design iteration for the 9th Street Project. More to come; The house as it stands now-

Rosedale project, in progress-roof forms to protect from and modulate the harsh Texas sun

A look back-Sculptural steel stair, in progress. Rosedale Project

Rosedale Project, under construction-

Lake Travis Project-- bedroom + closet space with views to the lake

Lake Travis Project — reimagining the outdoor space as an aviary and adding a lookout balcony or “tongue”. We are working to create an outdoor living opportunity matching the quality of the existing house and the drama of the view to the West across the lake.

Lake Travis Project; photos of existing house and elevated patio, originally by Donlyn Lyndon FAIA, adjacent to beautiful Lake Travis. The site of the exterior portion of THA’s building addition/ renovation scope. More to come-

Roof geometry, 2022 paint update; Meadowlakes Project-

Meadowlakes Project ca.2002, Now re-envisioned with new color, 2022.
With paint we obscure and recast weaknesses and flaws in our original design. An exercise influenced by WWI-era Razzle Dazzle Camouflage.
From .org : “A journalist at the time referred to these dazzling ships as a ‘flock of sea-going Easter eggs’ “
Painting, USS Leviathan escorted by USS Allen, 1918- by Burnell Poole
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Meadowlakes Project — our client allowed us to re-envision this house — which we completed for her now 20 years ago — with new color.
Our original design was flawed with unnecessary and unresolved complexity. We painted away parts of the original design, even obscuring its presence as a house, seeing it more as an exercise in Razzle Dazzle Camouflage , the pre-WWI practice of painting vulnerable merchant ships in bold , confusing, and scale-less color schemes to avoid recognition by German Submarines and their torpedoes.
Originally the house’s colors were like a female bird’s, trying to blend herself into the landscape. Now the house is a more cheerful assemblage of colorful shapes, shapes which contradict the original parti of the design, but also obscure and recast weaknesses and flaws in the original design.

PPPS with appliance port: X-Acto no.XLR Office Electric Pencil Sharpener; our go-to sharpener

Plunge-Path Panel Cabinets. A system developed by THA for our Grandview St. Project-

PPPS (Plunge Path Panel System) cabinet- using the CNC process to integrate cabinet doors and cabinet faces;
Detail into skylight well, Grandview St. Project-

3400 Cedar, stair (Benjamin Moore-Pool Party 2059-50, semi-gloss)

A stair with the stringer above the treads instead of below-construction progress
3400 Cedar St House-design began in 2016, same year the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. We were seeing C’s everywhere that year.

A stair with the stringer above the treads instead of below.
3400 Cedar St House-design began in 2016, same year the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. We were seeing C’s everywhere that year.

Rear facade, West Lynn Project 2-

SWIPE—Detail, process collage sketch- West Lynn

Detail, process collage sketch- West Lynn

West Lynn project-

Digital model study-Lupine Lane