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ARCHITECTS    BUILDERS    MAKERS    THINKERS

Low Design Office is an internationally recognized architecture and design studio that focuses on something simple: realizing more with less.

Wolf Creek Court

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...

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CANDELILLA    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...

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GREENHOUSE   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...

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MISHPOCHA 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),...

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Fufuzela

ENVIROMOLECULAR   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...

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ADAPTIVE HOUSING

FLEX 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...

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Dakota Mountain Landscape

DAKOTA 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

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Adaptive House Expansion

4D 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...

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BAMBOT: FUFUZELA   MoMA PS1  YAP

FUFUZELA are free modular mobile #BAMBOTS (bamboo micro-infrastructure) that interoperate at the scale between furniture and architecture. Designed for self-assembly, fufuzela are—like deer and...

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RIVER HOUSE

RIVER 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...

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BEAUREGARD HOUSE

BEAUREGARD 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...

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AMP SPACECRAFT

AMP 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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