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August 22, 2022
Hill Country Wine Cave Featured in Hidden Architecture
Hidden Architecture: Buildings that Blend In, by Alyn Griffiths, presents a group of buildings designed to hide in plain sight or disappear into their surroundings. The book tells the stories of projects from around the world that are cleverly disguised but still...
July 18, 2022
Clayton Korte Clads Hartford Residence in Austin with Limestone and Fibre Cement
Gabled forms clad in Texas limestone and fibre cement form a family home by US studio Clayton Korte, which is meant to blend in with the character of its Austin neighbourhood.
July 15, 2022
Landscape and Architecture Go Hand‑in‑Hand at Austin’s Pease Park
A collaborative push to reimagine the southern gateway to Austin’s oldest park has bred an experiential blend of landscape and architecture. Ten Eyck Landscape Architects led the charge for the Pease Park Conservancy, recruiting designers from Clayton Korte and Mell Lawrence Architects...
July 13, 2022
Architect Brian Korte Builds Friendships While Designing Clients’ Projects
Brian Korte traces his interest in architecture to his childhood, when his father built cabinets and his older brother taught him how to make model airplanes. That led to drawing classes in high school. Later, he began designing and building furniture.
July 6, 2022
Yes, Pease
Kingsbury Commons in Austin’s Pease Park demonstrates what a new era of public investment can look like.
June 2, 2022
Pint‑Sized, But Packing Great Ideas: The AIA Small Project Awards
A simple home defined by its modesty, a tiny house for the homeless, and a wine cellar built into a cave are just three of the 13 outstanding builds showcased in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Small Project Awards.
June 1, 2022
Historic Texas Hotel Combines the Past with the Future
The Albert Hotel is a landmark of Texas hill country in historic Downtown Fredricksburg located on Main Street. Built on the site of and retaining the Keidel family pharmacy and homestead founded 175 years ago, the Albert Hotel is being renovated and expanded in a sustainable update designed...
May 2, 2022
Clayton Korte Partners with New Waterloo to Design Albert Hotel in Texas
Slated to open in the winter of 2022, Albert Hotel is now under construction in historic downtown Fredricksburg, Texas. Albert Hotel builds on the 175-year legacy of the Keidel family’s relationship with this Hill Country town.
April 18, 2022
Albert Hotel Coming Soon to Fredericksburg, Texas
Austin-based hospitality management company New Waterloo is set to expand its portfolio with the launch of the Albert Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas this winter.
April 1, 2022
Kingsbury Commons at Pease Park by Clayton Korte
Known as Austin’s first park, this 84-acre public green space has a rich history spanning from ancestral native civilizations to the city’s founding mothers and fathers; its popularity endures with Austinites today.
February 9, 2022
New Partner and Associates at Clayton Korte
We are pleased to share several promotions within Clayton Korte. Each of these individuals has demonstrated their commitment to the firm and to creating places that celebrate the environment and the human experience.
January 1, 2022
Clayton Korte Designs Texas Hill Country Wine Cave
Located at the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country, this private wine cave serves as a destination along a secluded bend of the Blanco River. Excavated into the north face of a solid limestone hillside, this shotcrete lined tube is protected on...
January 1, 2022
Driskill Hotel Undergoes Renovation
Hotel renovations are not generally news. Lobbies and other high-traffic areas become worn and are renovated; fabrics and furnishings go in and out of style; guests come and go. But when a hotel has been around as long as the Driskill in...
December 21, 2021
Ten Offices with Homely Interiors that You Could Live in
Cosy, organic interiors can be found inside the 10 offices in this lookbook, which appear more like stylish homes than workplaces. Designers have added green plants, wood-clad walls, softly curved shapes and stone details to these offices to create welcoming, warm spaces.
December 17, 2021
ÅVONTUURA’s Top 10 Buildings From Around the World in 2021
Today we’re closing out the work week in style by celebrating the Top 10 Buildings from Around the World in 2021. With ground-breaking projects coming to us from Denmark, India, France (twice), Kenya, Greenland, China, Chile, Indonesia, and the USA, one thing...
December 16, 2021
Hill Country Wine Cave in GRAY Magazine
We are happy to share that the Hill Country Wine Cave project was named a Winner of the GRAY Awards for residential architecture. The project was also featured in the December/January issue of GRAY Magazine. Pick up the issue to learn more...
November 22, 2021
Backwards Sky Ranch House Offers Gorgeous Valley Views
Backwards Sky Ranch House by Clayton Korte is embedded into a beautiful landscape, extending from the Dry Frio River in Hill Country, Central Texas, down south to a vast meadow. The house’s site-specific design and adaptability allow residents to enjoy the natural environment...
November 16, 2021
20 Buildings Integrated into Nature
La naturaleza será siempre una fuente inagotable de inspiración. Son muchos los artistas, diseñadores y arquitectos que ponen la mirada en los bosques y los árboles, los desiertos, las flores o incluso el fondo del océano. Ahí encuentran nuevas ideas que trasladar a sus proyectos: colores,...
November 5, 2021
Restoration of Tudor Cottage Awarded Preservation Austin Merit Award
Preservation Austin recently announced that the Pease Park Conservancy received the 2021 Preservation Merit Award for the rehabilitation of The Tudor Cottage at Pease Park. As part of the renovation of Kingsbury Commons, Pease Park Conservancy hired Clayton Korte to transform the...
September 30, 2021
2021 RDAA | Architectural Interiors | Hill Country Wine Cave | Clayton Korte
On a 3,000-acre family ranch in eastern Texas, a small hill rises above a bend in the Blanco River. The family has a number of projects underway on their property at any given time, and one of them was digging into the hill...
September 20, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Destination’ Hotel Coming to Historic Strip of Fredericksburg, a Texas Daytrip Hotspot
Old and new will join hands in a hotel complex planned for the middle of historic Fredericksburg and slated to open in the summer of 2022. As visualized by Austin’s New Waterloo hospitality group, the Albert Hotel will occupy what is now mostly...
August 13, 2021
Forget Basement Wine Cellars, Step into this Texan Wine Bunker Built into the Side of a Hill
Keeping bottles of fine vino, whether for investment or pleasure, is finicky business. It demands stringency and stability in an environment to thereby breed vivacity and excitement – over a month, a year, or a decade. Such storage isn’t for its own sake, after...
August 2, 2021
Step Inside the World’s Most Incredible Private Wine Cave
What do you do if you own a spot of land in the Texas hill country? Especially when those hills are solid limestone? You could always borrow a page from San Antonio architecture firm Clayton Korte and embed a wine cellar into...
July 14, 2021
A Hidden Cave Might Just Be The World’s Coolest Wine Cellar