Stanley Studio

Austin, Tx

Awards

LEED Platinum US Green Building Council

5-Star Austin Energy Green Building

Publications

New York Times, "Making Every Raindrop Count," by Anne Raver

Natural Home, Jan/Feb 2011, “Design for Life: Austin: Green and Red-Hot,” by Carol Venolia

This studio was built as a learning laboratory and demonstration of sustainable building strategies. The studio focuses on a net-zero approach, featuring an extensive green roof, photo-voltaic system, and rainwater harvesting, which resulted in a LEED Platinum and 5-Star Austin Energy Green Building rating.. The main studio contains office space, a kitchen, bath, and storage, while the ‘silo’ serves as a space for meetings, a library, and a second-floor private perch.  Natural light floods these spaces through recycled windows and also allows for natural ventilation on beautiful days. This is our think tank, library, and living machine.

Donovan Residence

Seattle, WA

Co-designed and built by Architects Lauren Woodward and Geoff Belau of Silo Architecture and Design, this 1800 S.F. residence was inspired by the industrial and ethnic character of its south Seattle neighborhood, the mid-century Case Study House movement, and environmental responsibility.  It is intentionally modest in size, site-embracing, open, and light-filled.  The house incorporates structural insulated panels, a green roof, salvaged finish materials (slate counters and wood floors), courtyard with reflecting pool and buried cistern, native plantings, kitchen garden, and backyard orchard.

Birchall-Mueller Residence

Wimberley, TX

A homestead set into the gently sloping Hill Country terrain near the Blanco River, this 2600 square foot residence includes connecting "pavilions" for two retirees with communal living areas in the center. Generous daylight streams into tall, shaped interiors from large rooftop monitors. Extensive rainwater collection, pool, and covered/open porches and patios surround the stucco and limestone building.

John Fairey Residence

Austin, Tx

Awards

Fairey House, Design Award - Interiors, Austin Chapter of American Institute of Architects, 1993

Designed under architect Gerald Maffei, this finely crafted residence anchors the other-worldly realm of the extensive garden-forest compound cultivated by the owner over many years. Modest, simple, inventive, and immaculately detailed, this two-story wood structure is a testament to a tactile, honed modernity.

South Austin Courtyard

Austin, Tx

Commission to design accessory structures and landscape treatments to complement and shape the entry experience of a pre-fabricated tiny dwelling and transform an overgrown backyard into a courtyard oasis.

Worley Residence

Elgin, Tx

The owners of this 2,200 S.F. country house wanted a home that was sensitive to the history of the site, reflected the vernacular farmsteads of the area as well as their own eclectic taste, was energy efficient, and provided a simple, unpretentious, comfortable living environment.

Natural ventilation is maximized with a wrap-around porch, high venting dormer windows and a venting radiant barrier system.  The pier and beam foundation provides for efficient air exchange beneath the house, while a modified convection chimney circulates fresh cool air through the interior spaces.  Local and salvaged materials are used throughout the house.  The design incorporates low-usage water fixtures and rainwater harvesting.

Kinney Avenue Blacksmith Studio

Austin, Tx

Tucked into the mature canopy of old South Austin, the octagonal elevated stud-and-beam-like blacksmith shop occupies the back end of a deep lot, surrounded by landscaped orchard gardens and a fire pit. The locus of Lars' architecture and artisan practice for many years, the lofty concrete, steel, and wood structure with crafted detailing reveals inspirational influences ranging from the vernacular and Arts and Crafts movement to Scandinavian design and Japanese architectural concrete masters.

Pottery Studio

Austin, Tx

Tucked under a live oak tree behind the clients’ engineering offices on Austin’s South Congress Avenue, this small pottery studio and gallery is a showcase for green building practices.

Case Griffith Residence

Austin, Tx

The owners of this 3,000 S.F. lake house wanted a comfortable home that would accommodate their home-based businesses and that incorporated green building practices.

A three-story observation tower embraces the surrounding views while providing a modified solar chimney effect to assist with natural ventilation. The thoughtful application of sustainable techniques and materials in this home resulted in the highest rating from the Austin Green Building Program.