This West Texas vacation home was designed for a female gallery curator and aviator, and a male professional writer and swimmer. Thus, the home includes both a runway strip and a lap pool.
       
     
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The home is open to the surrounding landscape. While the horizontal bar frames a view of the surrounding mountains, the vertical tower frames the night sky.
       
     
The horizontal bar houses the primary functions of the house, including the main living and gathering space. Additionally, the swimmer’s library runs parallel to and is lit by light bouncing off of the pool. On the first floor, the vertical tower ha
       
     
Containing the more private functions, the upper level of the horizontal bar has the couples’ bedroom and a gallery space. The tower holds the guest’s bedroom, which has extrusions to allow open views of the landscape. Stairs lead up to a sky court,
       
     
The home is divided into two primary bars, one which is of the sky and one which is of the land. A lap pool and patio span the space between these structures. 
       
     
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Although the couple would typically be arriving by plane, a vehicle would arrive from a access road to the North and park halfway between the plane and the home. As a visitor approaches the structure, the building frames the landscape and extends th
       
     
This West Texas vacation home was designed for a female gallery curator and aviator, and a male professional writer and swimmer. Thus, the home includes both a runway strip and a lap pool.
       
     
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This West Texas vacation home was designed for a female gallery curator and aviator, and a male professional writer and swimmer. Thus, the home includes both a runway strip and a lap pool.

Upstairs Perspective.jpg
       
     
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The home is open to the surrounding landscape. While the horizontal bar frames a view of the surrounding mountains, the vertical tower frames the night sky.
       
     
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The home is open to the surrounding landscape. While the horizontal bar frames a view of the surrounding mountains, the vertical tower frames the night sky.

The horizontal bar houses the primary functions of the house, including the main living and gathering space. Additionally, the swimmer’s library runs parallel to and is lit by light bouncing off of the pool. On the first floor, the vertical tower ha
       
     
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The horizontal bar houses the primary functions of the house, including the main living and gathering space. Additionally, the swimmer’s library runs parallel to and is lit by light bouncing off of the pool. On the first floor, the vertical tower has a small storage room and a locker room easily accessible to the pool. 

Containing the more private functions, the upper level of the horizontal bar has the couples’ bedroom and a gallery space. The tower holds the guest’s bedroom, which has extrusions to allow open views of the landscape. Stairs lead up to a sky court,
       
     
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Containing the more private functions, the upper level of the horizontal bar has the couples’ bedroom and a gallery space. The tower holds the guest’s bedroom, which has extrusions to allow open views of the landscape. Stairs lead up to a sky court, which frames views of the exclaimed astronomical conditions.

The home is divided into two primary bars, one which is of the sky and one which is of the land. A lap pool and patio span the space between these structures. 
       
     
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The home is divided into two primary bars, one which is of the sky and one which is of the land. A lap pool and patio span the space between these structures. 

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Section D.jpg
       
     
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Although the couple would typically be arriving by plane, a vehicle would arrive from a access road to the North and park halfway between the plane and the home. As a visitor approaches the structure, the building frames the landscape and extends th
       
     
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Although the couple would typically be arriving by plane, a vehicle would arrive from a access road to the North and park halfway between the plane and the home. As a visitor approaches the structure, the building frames the landscape and extends the East-West axis. The placement of the house allows the occupants to see the takeoffs and landings of planes on the runway.