![Family HQ / Viviano Viviano - Windows, Facade, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a02/6a14/b22e/38b1/dc00/06e2/newsletter/13997-Exterior_Front_-Peter_Molick.jpg?1510107635)
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Architects: Viviano Viviano
- Area: 4250 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Peter Molick, Jack Thompson
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Manufacturers: Hansgrohe, Apparatus Studio, Flos, Kolbe, Spark Modern Fires, Waterstone
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Architectural Designer: Michael Viviano
![Family HQ / Viviano Viviano - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a02/6a64/b22e/38b1/dc00/06e3/newsletter/13999-Exterior_Side_F-Peter_Molick.jpg?1510107696)
Text description provided by the architects. Interior designer and contractor commissions her son - an upstart fresh out of architecture school - to design a house she will build for herself. The resulting project becomes the social hub for a close-knit family and the inaugural work of a mother-and-son firm.
![Family HQ / Viviano Viviano - Lighting, Windows, Bed, Bedroom](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a02/6bb7/b22e/3816/ed00/035b/newsletter/14009-Master_Bedroom_-Jack_Thompson.jpg?1510108073)
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![Family HQ / Viviano Viviano - Countertop, Sink, Windows, Glass](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a02/6ae9/b22e/3816/ed00/0357/newsletter/14005-Kitchen_from_Ma-Peter_Molick.jpg?1510107850)
Michael Viviano's parents tapped him for the design of a new house that would accommodate their busy lifestyles and serve as the social hub for their close-knit family. Their desire was to have openness to a point, but for the entertaining spaces to have a somewhat traditional degree of separation between them.
![Family HQ / Viviano Viviano - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a02/697c/b22e/38b1/dc00/06de/medium_jpg/13995-Exterior_Entry_-Peter_Molick.jpg?1510107483)
The site is a busy corner lot in a bustling part of Houston, so the interior of the house and the exterior landscape needed to cultivate a quiet sense of calm. Stylistically, Michael had to ease his parents' transition from a series of more traditional homes to a more modern setting. The massing of the house and choice of materials would need to maintain a dialogue with familiar house typologies and vernacular forms. The interior would be set up as a clean, streamlined backdrop for the antique and vintage furnishings the couple would bring with them, which would blend with contemporary pieces as they settled in.
![Family HQ / Viviano Viviano - Bathtub, Windows, Bathroom](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a02/6b3d/b22e/3816/ed00/0359/medium_jpg/14012-Master_Bathroom-Peter_Molick.jpg?1510107933)