SK Ranch
Center Point, TX
The buildings at SK Ranch sit on a broad, curving mesa in the Texas Hill Country. Taking full advantage of the site’s strengths for solar orientation, prevailing breezes, topography and distant vistas, the compound serves as a modern ranch with clean, crisp lines, sophisticated finishes and a casual elegance. Structures include the main house, guesthouse and wine cellar, pool pavilion and tennis court. Situated along the ridge, each unique building site serves as a destination point, giving each a sense of prominence within the complex. In collaboration with Sara Story Design.
This is a house that is at once about volume and mass, which is something that, in the 21st century, you don't see: architecture that speaks to that. This project does that in an almost timeless way.
Juror, Texas Society of Architects Design Awards
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Awards
2016
ASLA Award
2014
Texas Society of Architects Design Award
2013
AIA San Antonio Merit Award
Publications
2014 - Texas Architect (Sep)
2014 - Clientele Luxury (Fall)
2014 - Architectural Digest (Apr)
TEAM
Photography: Robert Reck