Article source: Vincent Snyder Architects

Ottmers House is a 2,200 sq-ft contemporary home located on an ancestral family ranch in the Texas Hill Country, near Fredericksburg. In keeping with ranching tradition, a young couple with two children of modest means expressed their desire to construct their own home. The design started from the reuse of a foundation slab located adjacent to an existing vernacular structure. Following ranching tradition, work on the home is envisioned as a continuous process based on resource availability rather than a finalized object. For this reason, standardized wood frame construction was interwoven within a series of heavier timber members to facilitate ease of client labor and modification.

Night View (Images Courtesy Vincent Snyder Architects)

• Architect: Vincent Snyder Architects
• Name of Project: Ottmers Residence
• Location: In rural Gillespie County (outside of Fredericksburg, Texas)
• Project Team: Vincent Snyder, Jon Geib, Aaron Taylor
• Contractor: Jeffrey Ottmers
• Project Year: 2011
• Project Area: 2200 sq-ft
• Photographs: Vincent Snyder Architects

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