ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 4 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/160415/court-houses-faye-and-walker-architecture-construction Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Christopher Henry https://www.archdaily.com/160415/court-houses-faye-and-walker-architecture-construction Court Houses are the result of Faye and Walker Architecture + Construction's desire to increase density within the urban core of Austin. Instead of building one single family residence on a city lot, Faye and Walker Architecture + Construction built two. The lot is on a corner, which provided separate points of access. The surrounding neighborhood context is a mixture of residential projects and city and private development infrastructure. This infrastructure, located across each street forming the corner, informed a courtyard design for the houses as a way to mitigate their presence and provide a private refuge. Formally each house is an L, opposing one another to create a perimeter boundary surrounding an internal courtyard.

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