Austin Modern design built with holistic approach

Imagine a home designed to be aesthetically pleasing yet able to produce the kind of sustainable energy savings that qualifies it as a zero-energy home.  Such a home exists – and it doesn’t require homeowners to purchase expensive gadgets as a trade-off for energy savings. All it requires is a responsible, climatically appropriate design.  “A house should be designed to be […]

Update on Smarter Spaces Tour, Saturday September 7th

TOUR INFORMATION Come see some of the most smartly designed homes under 2500 square feet in Austin on the 2nd Annual Smarter Spaces Tour presented by Launch787 and Modern Home Tours. All confirmed homes on the tour are posted here (6-10 total homes will be on the tour). WHEN: Saturday, September 7, 2013 from 11:00 am – […]

Barley & Pfeiffer Architects Smarter Spaces Tour 2nd Entry

A holistic green-by-design approach was utilized for this remodel project to allow the homeowners achieve their objectives: to spend their retirement years in a healthy, comfortable, efficient, durable, low maintenance, environmentally conscious, contemporary designed residence. This residence consisted of two side by side penthouse condominiums in an early 1960s era residential tower.  They were located […]

Barley & Pfeiffer Architects Smarter Spaces Tour 2nd Entry

A holistic green-by-design approach was utilized for this remodel project to allow the homeowners achieve their objectives: to spend their retirement years in a healthy, comfortable, efficient, durable, low maintenance, environmentally conscious, contemporary designed residence. This residence consisted of two side by side penthouse condominiums in an early 1960s era residential tower.  They were located […]