Recognition

2021 AIA Austin Design Award of Merit

2021 Commercial Design Award Austin Business Journal

Role: Interior Designer

Project Type: Adaptive reuse, a concrete pawn shop is transformed into a firm + showroom

Project Goals: It was a great honor to be Dick Clark’s interior designer and personal assistant before his passing in 2017. Known as the “Godfather of Austin Architecture” Dick Clark founded contemporary architecture in Austin, Texas in a highly stylized and distinct manor. As a tribute to him, it was a personal goal to ensure the new office spoke to his design intelligence and artful mastermind of creating outstanding statements through the built environment. After 25 years of residing in a downtown office and relocating to “The East Side,” it was the upmost importance to create a timeless masterpiece that spoke to his authenticity and excellence, from the inside out. Focusing on the wellbeing of the people, a non-hierarchical horizontal organizational structure was created to facilitate collaboration in an open studio layout, while maintaining distinction of public vs private space. The approach in materiality utilizes a warm and neutral color palette through natural and sustainable materials to serve as a background for color to pop through, but not overwhelm. Harmony through juxtaposition was achieved through an elegant interior that beautifully contrasts within the existing concrete tilt wall structure. The richness and tactile quality is a result to the unique character that is achieved through adaptive reuse and careful selection, a perfect fit to Austin’s expanding Eastside.