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• Pemberton Place Contemporary

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  February 27, 2024

• Bohemian at Heart

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  February 27, 2024

• Austin in Stereo

  

  Fern Santini Collaborative’s inaugural project Austin in Stereo united the talents of founder/designer Fern Santini, Paul Lamb Architects, Escobedo Group, Shademaker Studio and more than a dozen project partners (including Alexander Marchant) in the creation of a fully furnished luxury residence inspired by Austin’s musical legacy.

  The flagship project, offered by Fern Santini Collaborative in partnership with Bespoke Dwellings, is the complete transformation of a majestic lake view home in Austin’s Tarrytown neighborhood. Set amongst heritage oak trees on a quiet private street, the home combines the hip and historic in a timeless style that never becomes dated.

  The home honors Austin’s musical soul by supporting HAAM, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians . In keeping with the musical integrity of the home, the spaces are designed for entertaining and for an optimal listening experience.

  

  

  

  

  Fern Santini Collaborative is a group of the country’s finest designers and craftsmen. They are united in a vision to create their best work in the form of unique move-in ready homes that are completely furnished and decorated, with every detail, including the artwork on the walls, provided for a curated lifestyle.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  February 27, 2024

• Olmos Park Contemporary

  

  A boldly modern statement in the historic San Antonio enclave of Olmos Park, this stunning residence united the talents of award-winning architect Michael G. Imber and Pars Design Studio director Parnak Charkhchi. Paying respect to the neighborhood’s rich history, Imber nodded to the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens and C.F.A. Voysey — influential architects who excelled at adapting historical styles — while giving the home loft-like aesthetics primed to showcase contemporary furnishings and decor. Spotlighted in a Luxe magazine feature penned by Maile Pingel and photographed by Ryann Ford, the space includes luxury plumbing sourced from Alexander Marchant — including a Waterworks bar faucet that served as design inspiration for its own gilded setting.

  

  

  

  

  February 27, 2024

• Rollingwood Retreat

  

  We were delighted when Austin architect Alex Robinette approached us to collaborate with her on her new family home, nested on a verdant Rollingwood plot adjacent to Zilker Park.

  Working with Alex, as both a homeowner and a creative visionary, personalized and invigorated the process for us from the start. Her overarching vision was simple and noiseless, and we were excited by the sensory nature of the space. This meant our role to inspire the look and feel of the fixtures and fittings was amplified.

  Alex collaborated with Ryan Street Architects and Arrowhead Construction on the building. Together they modernized the spirit of the site’s previous structure in a palette of limestone blocks, steel plate, and wood siding charred in the Japanese tradition of shou sugi ban.

  

  

  

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  Alex describes the project as “a hybrid of Texas vernacular with a raw, simple and rugged design sensibility.” The interior spaces flow effortlessly from one room to the next, and large steel casement windows offer serene views of the surrounding forest and its myriad wildlife.

  With this warm and serene canvas of natural textures and surfaces, the stage was set for hardware with strong clean lines. We helped Alex make selections through her architectural lens, where form and function needed to become inseparable and intentional.

  The Rollingwood Retreat project sourced contemporary pieces by Dutch, Belgian, and Italian designers with an array of products from Alexander Marchant. A highlight for us was working with one of our long-time exclusive brands, Sun Valley Bronze, to supply the door hardware from their signature small-batch collections.

  We loved working with Alex’s vision to reflect the rugged beauty of the landscape. The result was an illumination of nature and a victory of simplicity of form and perfect function, and it was.recently showcased in a Luxe magazine feature penned by Maile Pingel and photographed by Casey Dunn.

  

  

  February 27, 2024

• Rammed-Earth Marfa Ranch

  

  Situated just outside the West Texas art mecca of Marfa, this impeccably realized contemporary ranch comprises eight structures that surround a central courtyard — a hacienda-like layout that nods to some of the region’s earliest residences. Designed by Lake|Flato Architects and constructed by Pilgrim Building Company in collaboration with Enabler Austin, the simply dubbed “Marfa Ranch” meshes organically with its vast surroundings, thanks to both its discreet design and its niche building material: rammed earth.

  Beyond their tactile, striated beauty, the rammed earth walls throughout the 5,000-square-foot complex are two feet thick, providing significant protection from heat, cold and wind. Following a rustic palette of earth tones, wood and steel, the interior spaces are both minimalist and luxurious with ample windows offering unspoiled views of the Chihuahuan Desert and Davis Mountains. Tapped for finishing touches, Alexander Marchant provided handcrafted door hardware from Idaho-based manufacturer and foundry Sun Valley Bronze.

  

  

  

  An ancient and sustainable building method that’s enjoying a well-timed renaissance, rammed earth involves an aggregate — typically dirt, sand, gravel, clay and silt — that gets bound with Portland cement and poured into frames to create walls, floors and foundations. Not only is it incredibly time-consuming, working with rammed earth comes with its own unique set of challenges — especially amid the windy conditions of the high desert. Speaking to Texas Architect Magazine in 2022, Lake|Flato partner Bob Harris explained, “As soon as they pick up a shovel of dirt, it’s halfway across the county. It’s a different environment. It’s something you have to be ready for.”

  In addition to features in Architectural Digest, Dwell and Texas Architect — all photographed by Casey Dunn — the Marfa Ranch was highlighted by Austin-based builder Matt Risinger’s The Build Show in a video titled “Rammed Earth: You Won’t Believe How They Build This!” In the video — which was filmed mid-construction in 2019 and has since racked up more than 1.7 million views on YouTube — Pilgrim Building Company founder and president Branson Fustes summed up the rammed earth process as “making sedimentary rock,” while project manager Kyle Melgaard likened the extensive Marfa Ranch gig to “working on an art piece.” (Fun fact: more than three million pounds of earth went into the Marfa Ranch and it was all shoveled by hand.)

  

  February 27, 2024

• Greenbelt Perch

  

  Once a dated 1990s-era “earth-tone time capsule,” this Westlake home got a stunning transformation courtesy of Austin-based design-build firm Moontower. In addition to “untangling” existing public spaces, Moontower’s team of architects, interior designers and builders brought the structure boldly into the present — adding a spacious den, home gym, mudroom and vaulted entry porch while expanding the footprint to 5,000 square feet.

  One of eight residences to be showcased during the 18th annual NARI Tour of Remodeled Homes, the project came to light with door and cabinet hardware sourced from AM Mode by Alexander Marchant.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  December 13, 2023