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Low Design Office is an internationally recognized architecture and design studio that focuses on something simple: realizing more with less.
WOLF CREEK RANCH Burnet TX
The Wolf Creek Ranch neighborhood weaves through rolling hills, limestone rock outcrops, and sits adjacent to Lake Buchanan, providing stunning views, ample sun, and a prevalent breeze. The owners wanted to embrace and respond to these natural characteristics while also prioritizing an economy...
moreCANDELILLA Baja Sur MX
Candelilla is a study in bringing density to a growing town on the Baja peninsula of Mexico, working with native materials and traditional ways of making to provide housing driven as much by sun, wind, and views and it is by fostering strong community connections. With a variety of shared and...
moreGREENHOUSE Hudson Valley NY
Enclosed in a greenhouse-like structure, this new residence, guest quarters, and music studio is sheltered within a larger "bio-climate" which serves as a buffer against the harsh winter climate. Inspired by the Naturhus (Swedish for "Nature House") concept pioneered by eco-architect...
moreMISHPOCHA WOODS COMPOUND Austin TX
"It's like I had a dinner party 10 years ago and no one left." - Robin, Mishpocha Woods client and GC
The Mishpocha Woods Eco-Compound offers a new way to design, build, and create affordable housing through a deeply collaborative approach between owner (trained to be builder),...
moreENVIROMOLECULAR Venice Architecture Biennale
“Enviromolecular” refers to basic structure for life support and a “chemical” approach to building dynamic space. Atoms conjoin periodically to form molecules, minimum microstructures capable of performing a material’s chemical behavior – how matter interacts, electronically – enabling quantum...
moreFLEX APPEAL Los Angeles CA
Adaptive/Expansive Housing is a human community-powered system that is designed to accommodate a range of cohabitation scenarios, as well as fostering genuine relationships between housed and unhoused, high- and low-income residents, owners and renters. The combinatory system operates not unlike...
moreDAKOTA MOUNTAIN Dripping Springs TX
“A sustainable house, indeed, but not an expensive house... What the house offers as a piece of architecture and as a solution for the future of sustainable development is worth so much more.” - Aaron Seward, "Dear Prudence" feature in Texas Architect
Designed and...
more4D HOMES Austin TX
In a pattern consistent with many US cities in which high property costs limit upward mobility, Austin faces enormous demand for affordable housing – specifically, affordable housing that can adapt over time. We propose a system in which homes themselves can evolve, addressing...
moreRIVER HOUSE New Braunfels TX
Three siblings use this 2900sf home as a gathering point for their families. They asked that the design create a space that promotes and emphasizes connections 1) between the families, 2) to light and the surrounding landscape, and 3) to the river. Additionally, the house needed to be built on a...
moreBEAUREGARD HOUSE San Antonio TX
The Beauregard House is a transitional building, designed around ideas of salvage / revitalize / reinterpret. The transitional nature of the design allows it to serve its multiple functions of home, office, and...
moreAMP SPACECRAFT Accra GH
Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP) is a pan-African participatory design initiative to build alternative futures, cooperatively—networking the practical know-how of grassroots makers with the technical knowledge of...
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