https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1671-baldridge-architects en-us A boutique hotel in Austin becomes a 2015 Design Vanguard firm's largest project yet.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14367 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14367-arrive-hotel-by-baldridge-architects ARRIVE occupies the corner of East 6th Street and Chicone Street in the rapidly developing neighborhood of East Austin. Photo © Casey Dunn Guests check in at the bar of the restaurant Vixen's Wedding. Photo © Casey Dunn Many of the 83 guest rooms have unique configurations. Photo © Casey Dunn http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11365 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11365-baldridge-architects-austin-texas Baldridge Architects Baldridge Architects Photo ©  Baldridge Architects Outdoor Learning Center Outdoor Learning Center An outdoor classroom, completed in 2012 for Casis Elementary School, exemplifies the type of small-scale, fast-paced, public design-build projects that the firm often pursues apart from its residential and commercial work. “It’s extremely fun to work with a program free of things like mechanical infrastructure and plumbing,” Baldridge says. “We were liberated from the codes that constrain design, and everybody got a taste of what the potential of architecture is.” Photo © Casey Dunn  The Pinwheel House The Pinwheel House The triangular multilevel residence with a sloping green roof has three wings, each meeting particular programmatic needs, that project from a central entertaining space. Public areas are connected around a conversation pit at the building’s core, while private spaces are seamlessly secluded. “The initial equilateral-triangle shape had to do with getting out of the critical root zone of the trees,” Baldridge explains. “How it pinwheels around a central node and cascades down is a function of the site.” Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects The Pinwheel House The Pinwheel House Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Tracing the Line Tracing the Line The firm completed the temporary installation Tracing the Line for the Waller Creek Conservancy last November, using LED lights to create a meandering path of luminaires. “Our goal was to make something stunning,” Baldridge says, “to provide a way for people to have a real physical experience of the entire length of the creek,” a once-forgotten waterway that is now being revitalized. “And to do that with a budget of $15,000 was just the world’s most perfect problem.” Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Burford Place House Burford Place House The simple, elevated gable of this south central Austin home covers the bedrooms and opens onto the roof deck and public spaces below, bringing an iconic, legible form to the structure. Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Burford Place House Burford Place House Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Burford Place House Burford Place House Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Outdoor Learning Center Photo Outdoor Learning Center Photo © Casey Dunn Gardner.png Gardner The architects created a restrained, elegant restaurant in the shell of a 1960s, utilitarian post office building. Read more about Gardner. Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Hotel-Rainey.png Hotel Rainey The 32-room, four-story hotel will be situated on an urban interstate site in Austin’s Rainey Historic District.  Rendering courtesy Baldridge Architects With unusual restraint, a 1960s post office is reimagined as a focal point for New Nordic cuisine.

]]> gardner-baldridge-architects.asp Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8302-gardner-restaurant-by-baldridge-architects Gardner An oak-framed skylight suffuses Gardner's main dining room with daylight, injecting a subtle architectural flair to its purposefully subdued interiors scheme.   Photo © Casey Dunn Gardner The entry illustrates the design team's respectful adaptive reuse of the bygone neighborhood post office.   Photo © Casey Dunn Gardner The linear orientation of the skylight and service islands draws diners' eyes toward the elongated opening to the kitchen.   Photo © Casey Dunn Gardner Gardner's material palette reflects the Scandinavian influence of its preparation and presentation of seasonal fare.   Photo © Casey Dunn Gardner Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Gardner Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Gardner Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Gardner The existing post office building before being transformed into Gardner restaurant.   Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Gardner The existing post office building before being transformed into Gardner restaurant.   Photo courtesy Baldridge Architects Gardner Image courtesy Baldridge Architects