LongHorn, have you checked out the Texas Architect mag? It might help.

For sure.

I'm familiar with the majority of the firms around Texas. Im looking for something new, whether its a new firm here I haven't heard about or firms out of state who use a similar vocabulary.

Sorry, i dont speak texican........

Would you mind posting some pictures or helping us understand what the texas hill country vernacular looks like?

here are some links

http://www.architecturalpolka.com/home.html

http://www.lakeflato.com/

just do miller hull with some stucco and some stone. voila

i assume you have looked at: www.mirorivera.com

or maybe: www.alterstudio.net

not so much "venacular" as interesting and contemporary.

ah, the UT standards...

Plinky Flisk...I think that is his name...or it Could be pinky flisk...

I love the hill country vernacular.
I remember seeing a Texan summer retreat. It was a collection of houses set in some woods. Won an award or was on Materialicious in the last few months.

Never been to Hill Country, but hope too. A friend born there thinks i would fit right in.

Nam, thats high honours if a Texan says you'd fit in.

have to looked at overland partners?

yea, yea...another UT standard. gotta give props to dean vernooy!

namhenderson:

are you referring to this house by max levy?

i worked on that house a few years ago, and i just realized that i'm credited on the design team in one of the articles below. i really only worked on it for a couple of months though.

http://archrecord.construction.com/residential/hotm/archives/0710HotM-1.asp

http://www.texasarchitect.org/ta200709-windpoint.php?sess_id=af1273001fc1aee6979ea79c842ede2b

the site strategy you mention was to break down the mass of the 7 spaces into 7 volumes in order to only kill 1 tree out of over hundreds on the site.

pliny fisk is the guy I was thinking about...

Mation,
I figured that you might know the project i was discussing.
That is the one.
I really love the light footprint of it.
Congrats on the mention....

Sarah,

I thought so too.

Mation,
I was reading this Designboom article on Glenn Murcutt,
It reminded me of why i liked that project you worked on.
The sensitivity to footprint and the lines of the buildings, seems similar in his work.

The localism of it?? Anywho...
Again, lovely project and plan.

namhenderson:

i've always thought that max levy and glenn murcutt were similar in a fews ways. both are mostly a one-man show and their designs are exceptionally sensitive to the local environment including water, wind, and sun.

i'm meeting up with max in london next week, and i'll relay your compliments on the project.

the site plan and overall project are definitely his, so i'm not sure if i should have even been credited in the article. i mostly worked on resolving the details, such as the zero-tolerance MDF interior panels and the screen boxes on the exterior to allow the windows to pivot out while keeping out the ridiculous east texas bugs.