This 4,200-square-foot East Windsor Residence situated near downtown Austin Texas, designed by Alterstudio. Extraordinary views in the heart of the city and a small buildable footprint limited by restrictive easements prompted a thin, three-story home with the main living spaces and master suite on the top floor – essentially a one-bedroom loft with 270° views. Entering the house you face a stair with large ebonized oak treads hanging in a vertical space that connects all three stories. Rough shards of granite pass through the glass from outside to an interior granite fountain. Adjacent power lines to the west are eschewed, although a constellation of portholes arrayed across this wall embrace the dramatic western light and enliven the facade from the high street beyond. Here, an open plan is accentuated by laminated low-e corner glazing, twin Akari lanterns and sliding panels. [Alterstudio]

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