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01 / PORTFOLIO MONOGRAPH , — ARCHIVE 2019–2025

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INDEX / 04 CASE STUDIES TYPOLOGY: RESIDENTIAL & REUSE REGION: CENTRAL TEXAS

Architecture and interiors for people who want fewer, better spaces. Every commission is a quiet structural response to limestone shelf, solar orientation, and enduring natural material.

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FIG 0.1 // DATUM 642 FT MSL SOLAR AZIMUTH 84°
PLATE 00 — SECTION STUDY BALCONES ESCARPMENT
02 / BUILT & IN-CONSTRUCTION MONOGRAPHS

FOUR CASE STUDIES

We accept four to six residential or adaptive reuse commissions per year across and the Texas Hill Country. Each study below documents site topography, envelope assembly, and interior daylighting.

01 RESIDENTIAL NEW BUILD

Barton Creek Ridge House

Anchored into a 14-degree karst limestone incline above Barton Creek, two cast-in-place board-formed concrete pavilions bridge a seasonal wet-weather draw. Deep 11-foot steel roof cantilevers eliminate harsh western glare before it reaches the low-iron glazing, keeping interior ambient light diffuse and cool through August.

LOCATIONWestlake,,
AREA4,850 SQ FTConditioned
PRIMARY MATERIALBoard-Formed Concrete & White Oak
SCOPEArchitecture, Interiors & Site
PLATE 01 // SOUTH CANTILEVER ELEVATION — SCALE 1/8" = 1'-0" KARST DRAW SPAN: 42'-0" CLEAR
PLATE 01 — BARTON CREEK RIDGE HOUSE COMPLETED 2024 // WESTLAKE
02 ADAPTIVE REUSE

East Sixth Icehouse Conversion

A 1948 masonry cold-storage warehouse stripped back to its structural steel bowstring trusses and load-bearing brick shell. We inserted an acoustically isolated timber courtyard residence and private gallery within the unconditioned perimeter wall, turning a dense urban arterial block into an inward-facing sanctuary.

LOCATIONEast,
AREA6,200 SQ FT Gross
PRIMARY MATERIALReclaimed Brick, Blackened Steel, Douglas Fir
SCOPEAdaptive Reuse & Interior Architecture
PLATE 02 // BOWSTRING TRUSS & SKY-COURT INSERTION OPEN COURT
PLATE 02 — EAST SIXTH ICEHOUSE COMPLETED 2023 // CENTRAL EAST
03 RURAL HOMESTEAD

Pedernales Limestone Compound

Configured as three narrow single-room-deep dogtrot volumes around an ancient live oak grove, this off-grid capable residence harvests 100% of its potable water from standing-seam tern-metal roofs into a 40,000-gallon buried concrete cistern beneath the entry plinth.

LOCATIONBlanco County,
AREA3,900 SQ FT + Cistern
PRIMARY MATERIALLueders Limestone & Cypress Millwork
SCOPESite Strategy, Architecture & Millwork
PLATE 03 // DOGTROT PLANIMETRIC & CISTERN AXIAL GRID PREVAILING SE BREEZE CORRIDOR — 18'-0" APERTURE
PLATE 03 — PEDERNALES COMPOUND COMPLETED 2024 // HILL COUNTRY
04 INFILL RESIDENCE

Tarrytown Courtyard Monolith

On a constrained 65-by-130-foot urban parcel bordered by two-story neighbors, the house presents a windowless hand-troweled lime-plaster facade to the street. Inside, four interlocking gardens bring north zenithal light deep into the subterranean library and primary bathing suite.

LOCATIONTarrytown,,
AREA5,120 SQ FT Conditioned
PRIMARY MATERIALLime Plaster, Travertine & Raw Brass
SCOPEFull Architecture & Interior Furnishings
PLATE 04 // NORTH CLERESTORY & SUBTERRANEAN LIGHT WELLS STREET PRIVACY RATIO: 94% OPAQUE
PLATE 04 — TARRYTOWN MONOLITH COMPLETED 2025 // CENTRAL AUSTIN
03 / ARCHITECTURAL RIGOR & ENVELOPE PERFORMANCE

BUILT FOR THERMAL STILLNESS

01. 4" SAWN LUEDERS LIMESTONE VENEER 02. 2" VENTILATED DRAINAGE CAVITY + THERMAL BREAK 03. 8" CAST-IN-PLACE STRUCTURAL THERMAL MASS 04. HAND-TROWELLED NATURAL LIME PLASTER
DETAIL D-14 — COMPOSITE MONOLITHIC WALL ASSEMBLY TARGET R-34 EFFECTIVE ENVELOPE

Central Texas demands an architecture that confronts 105-degree summers, flash-flood hydrology, and intense ultraviolet exposure without sacrificing openness. We do not treat interiors as cosmetic surface decoration applied after engineering; structure and room finish are the exact same material.

By pairing thermally broken steel fenestration with high-mass limestone and concrete walls, our residences age with minimal maintenance and silence exterior urban or highway noise.

SPECIFICATION / 01

SOLAR & DAYLIGHT CALIBRATION

Every project undergoes equinox and solstice heliodon modeling during schematic design, sizing overhangs to block direct summer gain from May through September while welcoming low winter sun.

SPECIFICATION / 02

HONEST MATERIAL PATINA

We specify unlacquered architectural bronze, quarry-run Texas Lueders stone, quarter-sawn white oak, and mineral lime plaster—materials that deepen in character rather than requiring replacement.

SPECIFICATION / 03

INTEGRATED MILLWORK & SYSTEMS

Linear slot diffusers, acoustic baffling, automated shading pockets, and structural columns are resolved within a 1/16-inch cabinetmaker tolerance before foundation concrete is poured.

04 / COMPLETE ARCHIVE LEDGER

Selected Commission Index & Site Feasibility

Before committing to full architectural design, many clients engage Vantage & Vale for a three-week Site Strategy & Feasibility Study to evaluate impervious cover, heritage oak root zones, and construction budgets.

REF PROJECT & DISTRICT SCOPE AREA (SQ FT) STATUS
VV-241 Barton Creek Ridge House — Westlake Architecture + Interiors 4,850 BUILT 2024
VV-238 East Sixth Icehouse — Central East Adaptive Reuse 6,200 BUILT 2023
VV-244 Pedernales Limestone Compound — Blanco Architecture + Site 3,900 BUILT 2024
VV-251 Tarrytown Courtyard Monolith — Architecture + Interiors 5,120 BUILT 2025
VV-254 Driftwood Vineyard Pavilion — Hays Co. Adaptive Reuse + Site 4,400 IN CONSTRUCTION
VV-259 Pemberton Heights Glass Library — Interior Architecture 3,150 PERMITTING
VV-262 Lake Travis Cliffside Plinth — Spicewood Full Architecture 5,600 SCHEMATIC
05 / PRIVATE CONSULTATION & SITE WALK NEXT DESIGN SLOTS: Q3 / Q4
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Whether you hold a raw Hill Country acreage, a sloped Westlake lot, or a historic commercial building slated for adaptive reuse, our founding partners begin every conversation by walking the land with you to review topography, solar access, and realistic construction cost parameters.

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