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Austin, TX, US 78704 · 85 photos
Moontower Residence
This house in Austin’s Bouldin neighborhood is an exercise in efficiency and invention. The site’s three heritage trees drove the design, whose interplay of Hardiplank, wood, metal, and glass is enhanced by thoughtful details and clever spatial solutions. A cypress wood front porch reflects up the easy-going architecture of the neighborhood and another porch overlooks the courtyard, which offers a private outdoor room. Inside, cork floors, a walnut divider, and built-in entertainment center in the main living areas enrich the otherwise simple and sunny modern space. Frosted glass throughout the house provides natural light and privacy during the day and, filters the glow from the adjacent Moontower at night.
Completed March 2011 - view construction progress photos
General Contractor - JGB Custom Homes
Kitchen Consultant - Hello Kitchen
Interior Furnishing & Styling - Little Pond Deisgn
Photography - Atelier Wong
5-star rating by Austin Energy Green Building Program
Featured on 2011 AIA Homes Tour
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stephallenpa You can get something very similar from http://www.crestviewdoors.com. Love Crestview doors! They ship to you and you stain your own color.
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Sampley had local metal artist Susan Wallace design the front door, then use a larger-scale negative of its pattern to create an external steel slider over the master suite's doors.
added by Becky Harris to Sculptor Susan Wallace Turns Screen Doors Into Art
Wallace was originally brought in to design this door for this efficient and artful home by architect Stuart Sampley for The Austin Design Build Alliance.
What Houzzers are commenting on:
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Door
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screen doors
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outside color
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I like the colour
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Rust and charcoal color scheme
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screen door
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another wood porch
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Like the outside
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screen doors!
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DOOR
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Door
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ceiling on porch
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Screen doors - works of arts
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Chaise
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sleek contemporary porch
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Door
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Beautiful
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Woodwork
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screen door?
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wire screen door
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Screen door design
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Good
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Entrance
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屋簷
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The Hardie plank width --more modern.
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colors
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Cool colors
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Siding and stain
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12" Hardie plank smooth--very modern :)
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screen door
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love the screen door, the wood floors and ceiling, the clean lines
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A few weeks ago we were taken with an amazing sculptural door we saw on a Houzz tour had to know more about the artist who designed it. This led us to Austin sculptor Susan Wallace, who specializes in working with aluminum and creates beautiful, one-of-a-kind custom screen doors as well as prominent public art projects.
After receiving an MFA in sculpture, Wallace landed a job working in the model shop at the University of Texas School of Architecture, which led to teaching first-year design.
One day she was complaining to a colleague about the boring options she had to choose from for her own screen door. "Well, you're an artist," he said, "make one!" This led to a unique screen door with a spiderweb design on it, which led to another architecture professor commissioning her to create a door for a project, and a design star was born.
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designs on screens
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I like the circle design
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Cool
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Front porch
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front door idea
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Artistic Screen Doors
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entry door
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gris et bois
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Door detail
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art door
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Porch ceiling light
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simple
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House color
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Wider siding
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puerta 4
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grey house
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simple square column
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Entrance
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That's what I mean: screen doors can look good!
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bench
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Siding color
added by Phil Piliero to 1944 Ideas (7 weeks ago)
Gray horizontal siding plus wood eaves
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wide hardi siding
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porch
added by carpenmr to carpenmr's Ideas (8 weeks ago)
Great amount of light to the laundry room
added by dccmich to exterior colors (8 weeks ago)
The screen door
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screen doors
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screen door
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Matching motif in screen
added by kjello3 to 210 Chico (2 months ago)
front door
added by Debra Morrison to Landscape Ideas (2 months ago)
the ceiling lights
added by duketx to Architectural ideas for little house (2 months ago)
eaves
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clean connection
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Everything
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Cool
added by Amber Back to chalet (2 months ago)
James Hardie 12" hardiplank smooth in iron grey
added by nic1978 to nic1978's Ideas (2 months ago)
Wooden posts. Too much wood overall though...
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Ceiling
added by phildeez to Hardie (3 months ago)
Iron Gray
added by sagrawal to outdoor cladding including stone (3 months ago)
12" hardiplank smooth
added by Christo Steyn to a home (3 months ago)
porch
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Like the front door
added by sangme_lee to living room (3 months ago)
floor color
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simplistic
added by dp Carpentry to Home facade/ carport (3 months ago)
Timber work looks great
added by frank_m to frank_m's ideas (3 months ago)
wood soffit
added by Dawn W to Hall/entry (3 months ago)
really like this open porch!
added by annadive to front porch (3 months ago)
wood paneled
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screen door
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columna de acero con inserto hierro B
added by Hector Corella to hector_corella's Ideas (3 months ago)
The support
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Pretty exterior, grey, wood
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iron gray smooth
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Front entry
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metal screen
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pretty cool
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Posts
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More space in front of entry
added by cooperk2 to bath ideas (3 months ago)
Wallace was originally brought in to design this door for this efficient and artful home by architect Stuart Sampley for The Austin Design Build Alliance
added by cduesberg to Entry (3 months ago)
James Hardie 12" hardiplank smooth
added by cduesberg to Exterior (3 months ago)
wide plank siding
added by temmi to New house (4 months ago)
Love this
added by piou to piou's Ideas (4 months ago)
Plafond extérieur + encastrés.
added by rick1524 to house exterior ideas (4 months ago)
Post finish
added by Kelly Ward to Front Porch & Yard Ideas (4 months ago)
I like the recessed lights on the porch and the warm wood ceiling
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love it
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House numbers
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I like the door
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well, yes.
added by Charity McGill to charity_mcgill's ideas (4 months ago)
The door
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wood
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modern country home
added by pdxmargie to MarJan Entryway (4 months ago)
Really fun screen door. Note the inset bench and place for art. We could do this on one of the landings perhaps opposite the front patio? Deep enough for sitting and enjoying eastern morning light and coffee?
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color wooddeck
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How cute!
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Like the door
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roof
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Wood patio
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Door
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House number, posts, ceiling
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Love the door
added by yipee13 to sorrento reno (4 months ago)
That's a good wall color for bedroom or study
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Wooden porch
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nice natural columns
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door. need opaque glass
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Novel door insert: nice art.
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Cypress on Gray
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Columns, ceiling, door!, bench.
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Entrance door
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Cost effective modern and efficient
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Door
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Wrap around deck
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batten around door
added by calbear94 to cyrusmerrill ideas (5 months ago)
clean, modern patio idea?
added by sandylanez to entryway (5 months ago)
recessed bench at front door!!
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Ni
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The more I look at this, the more I like it. I like the tradition design mixed with a modern form. Especially these cedar posts and soffits.
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Porch
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Wide hardy planks
added by judithvela to judithvela's Ideas (5 months ago)
Columnas de acero o concreto cubiertas de madera
added by seven7shan to Front Porch (5 months ago)
Wood front porch
added by rjdunn to screen doors (5 months ago)
Austin sculptor Susan Wallace, who specializes in working with aluminum and creates beautiful, one-of-a-kind custom screen doors as well as prominent public art projects.
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grey and wood
added by stuactive to stuactive's Ideas (5 months ago)
Great wood and color contrast
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Door Matching Metal Art
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the grey
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Galerie en cedre
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nice door
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This is also a cool house - love the roof
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screen door with 808 design?
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Porch/door
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I want this screen door
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clean lines for entry
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Hardie plank 12" siding.
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cedar and stainless bolts/fasteners - references galvalum corregated roofing
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Colors
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front porch
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Color
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front porch and door
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door design
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patio
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Puerta
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front porch
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Front porch
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Patio
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colours
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Like the pillars
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Wooden finish
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Fiber Cement Siding
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Door
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corridor
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Nice Ceiling Detail
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cool chairs outside
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Pillars
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artsy screen door
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porch entry
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Love the screen door
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All
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all the wood
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malloy door
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cedar contrast with gray
added by dontwantto to dontwantto's Ideas (7 months ago)
Love the door
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Bathroom Door
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Sidings color
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Love this style of glass and iron.
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i love the door and i love everything that's wooden
added by purple550 to purple550's ideas (7 months ago)
i love the door and the wooden roof idea
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Front Door
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Cool screen door
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column
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Beams
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door nice door
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Pillars
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colors for kitchen
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Wood color, door design
added by theresa_14 to theresa_14's Ideas (7 months ago)
Very modern look for deck!
added by clairephillips to ClairePhillips' Porch Ideas (7 months ago)
Openness; Wood; Canned Lights
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Entrada. , color gris y madera
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Porch
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sufit drewno slupy czarne
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Stain and paint
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