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Curb Appeal: Minimalist Modern Home in Texas

From: Matt Fajkus Architecture

A sleek glass breezeway connects the common areas and more private spaces, as well as the indoors and outdoors in this modern home from Matt Fajkus Architecture. Cedar siding echoes the natural landscape of the lot and warms the exterior, while minimal decor keeps all eyes on the home's stunning architecture.

Nature and Manmade Elements are Combined in Modern Home Design
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Photo: Spaces & Faces Photography. From: Matt Fajkus Architecture.

Home's Modern Design Elegantly Combines the Natural and the Manmade

Designers wanted to incorporate the site's dynamic landscape into the design of this home, so they created a meaningfully framed procession through the property with nuanced natural lighting throughout, creating a transitional space between the manmade and nature.

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Front Yard and Courtyard Connection with Glass
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Photo: Spaces & Faces Photography. From: Matt Fajkus Architecture.

Glass Draws Connection Between the Front Yard and Courtyard

Designers wanted everything in this modern home to be connected, so they used glass throughout the design to create this synergy, drawing a line of sight from the front yard, into the home's interior and into the courtyard space.

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Home's Modern Facade Supported by Retaining Wall
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Photo: Spaces & Faces Photography. From: Matt Fajkus Architecture.

Retaining Wall Runs Through the Property to Support the Home's Modern Facade

Throughout the property, a continuous, jogging retaining wall leads from outside to inside and embeds the structure below natural grade at the front with flush transitions at its rear facade.

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Home's Public and Private Spaces Shown with Building Materials
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Photo: Spaces & Faces Photography. From: Matt Fajkus Architecture.

Building Materials Show Home's Public and Private Spaces

From the outside, designers wanted to delineate the public space from the private ones, so they used glass to allow transparency through the public spaces and a wood exterior to keep the private spaces private.

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