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ProBuilder.com Professional Builder 35 PROJECT OF THE YEAR + GOLD ONE-OF-A-KIND CUSTOM HOME RIO ESTANCIA Kendall County, Texas ENTRANTS: Craig McMahon Architects (architect) and Studio Industrielle (builder) INTERIOR DESIGNER: Anna Meyers Interiors DEVELOPER: Henry Lang LAND PLANNER: Rialto Studio PHOTOGRAPHER: Chris Cooper SIZE: 6,750 sf COMPLETION: February 2014 Rio Estancia, a new home for a retired couple and their extended family, is located on a 350-acre ranch border- ing the Guadalupe River in the rolling Texas Hill Country. Taking cues from the vistas offered on the property, the main house and guest quarters are organized in the South American estancia, or estate, fashion, which uti- lizes the framing elements of different parts of the home to enclose the main interior courtyard. The courtyard is sur- rounded by mature oak trees that face prevailing southeast Texas breezes. The entry courtyard of the family com- pound offers a unique, natural front door that embraces the full vista of the prop- erty. The building program is organized in zones, offering guests a private retreat and the clients their own area for living and entertaining, as well as screening for parking so as not to interrupt the pri- vate areas of the landscape. The transparent, open plan is comple- mented by large covered terraces and arbors that extend living spaces to the outdoors. Locally quarried stone walls block the north wind, while large south- ern overhangs control the summer sun. To further maximize the home’s energy efficiency and sustainability, it’s equipped with electronically controlled window and mechanical systems, geothermal heat- ing and cooling, tankless water heaters, expanded foam insulation, reclaimed- water systems, and solar collection.
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PROJECT OF THE YEAR + GOLDONE-OF-A-KIND CUSTOM HOME
RIO ESTANCIAKendall County, TexasENTRANTS: Craig McMahon Architects (architect) and Studio Industrielle (builder)INTERIOR DESIGNER: Anna Meyers InteriorsDEVELOPER: Henry LangLAND PLANNER: Rialto StudioPHOTOGRAPHER: Chris Cooper SIZE: 6,750 sfCOMPLETION: February 2014
Rio Estancia, a new home for a retired couple and their extended family, is located on a 350-acre ranch border-ing the Guadalupe River in the rolling Texas Hill Country. Taking cues from the vistas offered on the property, the main house and guest quarters are organized in the South American estancia, or estate, fashion, which uti-lizes the framing elements of different parts of the home to enclose the main interior courtyard. The court yard is sur-rounded by mature oak trees that face prevailing southeast Texas breezes.
The entry courtyard of the family com-pound offers a unique, natural front door that embraces the full vista of the prop-erty. The building program is organized in zones, offering guests a private retreat and the clients their own area for living and entertaining, as well as screening for parking so as not to interrupt the pri-vate areas of the landscape.
The transparent, open plan is com ple -mented by large covered terraces and arbors that extend living spaces to the outdoors. Locally quarried stone walls block the north wind, while large south-ern over hangs con trol the summer sun. To fur ther maxi mize the home’s energy effi ciency and sustainability, it’s equipped with elec tronically con trolled window and mech anical sys tems, geo thermal heat-ing and cooling, tank less water heaters, expand ed foam insu lation, re claimed-water systems, and solar collection.
