Cedar Hill, TX, United States
Cunningham Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
Situated at the edge of an escarpment zone, the house is organized along a native, stacked stone wall 182 feet long and 21 feet high. A cantilevered concrete canopy serves as an interruption through the wall into and through the house, briefly allowing views through the dense brush of the site towards the open vista to the west.
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
As a counterpoint to the long, low house nestled within the native vegetation, the observation tower at the northern end of the house elevates the occupants above the tree tops. Magnificent views of several thousand acres of protected habitat, along with distant views of
Dallas and
Fort Worth make the tower a favorite perch.
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
The east facing wall is a highly insulated load bearing
masonry wall faced in native fieldstone. The mono-sloped roof is composed of 10″ SIPs on laminated wood beams, allowing 8′ long
cantilevers over the west facing glazing. Simple slab on grade concrete floors are punctuated by inset end grain Mesquite wood zones. Natural pigmented
cement plaster, other
Texas woods, copper, slate and glass round out the material palette.
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| Photo © Courtesy of James F. Wilson & Mark McWilliams |
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| site plan--drawinCourtesy of Cunningham Architects |
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| ground floor plan--drawinCourtesy of Cunningham Architects |
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| upper floor plan--drawinCourtesy of Cunningham Architects |
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| section--drawinCourtesy of Cunningham Architects |
The people
Architects: Cunningham Architects
Location: Cedar Hill, TX, United States
Project Team: Gary Cunningham, Paul Field
Structural Engineering: GroupStructural Engineers, Inc.
Landscape Architects: David Hocker
MEP: Mark Portnoy
Lighting Design: Pamela Hull Wilson
Project Area: 6,700 sq ft
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: James F. Wilson &
Mark McWilliams
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