Tired of "Texas Tuscan"

Am so tired of "Texas Tuscan" style homes seen all over; once a style is deftly done -its success and appeal is multiplied many times over.  Like a recopied Xerox, the look gets thoughtlessly rehashed until it's reduced to stamped-out cookie-cutter lookalikes.  NOT SO with Architect Rick O'Donnell's contemporary approach to this large Hill Country home we labored over.  To me, it has a timeless image of familiar architectural elements spread over contemporary volumes with a skilled combination of stucco, steel, stone and glass.  It's all crowned with simple hipped roofs of ceramic tiles -not the overly complex, "gerrymandered"  roof that most builders end up on top.

 We refined this home again and again like a car design studio pares away at their fine clay models until the whole mass of rooms and volumes comes together like a real hill town in the real Tuscany.  All the major interior walls were designed and refined along with cabinet elevation layouts.  We took care to design all ceilings with beam layouts and an uncluttered arrangement of elements: light fixtures, HVAC registers, etc.