reach architects

Nothing is more fulfilling than feeling a sense of community. CultureNOW celebrates our cultural environment beyond the physical constraints of our museums, and envisions the world as a “Museum Without Walls.” Both their online gallery and phone app map art and architecture installations all over the world to help the public better visualize the richness and diversity of our community, and ultimately understand the world better. We couldn’t be happier to be a part of this thr

As part of our project for a more Christian architecture (pfamCa) mission, we love getting our families together to explore the community. This past Saturday we enjoyed a beautiful fall day out at Sweet Berry Farm in Marble Falls. The kids had so much fun kicking around the soccer ball, climbing on pumpkins, picking flowers from the field, riding the choo choo train and hay ride, and painting pumpkins. Let’s be honest, the adults had a lot of fun too! #family #community #pfam

What’s better than enjoying a fall evening outdoors in Austin? The Contemporary downtown hosts a Rooftop Architecture Film Series, showcasing the latest architecture documentaries. Of particular interest to us as part of our pfamCa mission was Sagrada, el misteri de la creaci, a film by Stefan Haupt about the great Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudí i Cornet. La Sagrada Familia, Gaudí’s magnum opus, is a great Christian cathedral in the European tradition— some 132 years in the

We learn a lot from working with local craftsmen in the Austin community. Recently, we teamed up with Vintage Material Supply to create a CNC milled formliner for our concrete tree wall in the vestibule of Woodcraft, Austin – one of our projects currently under construction. Woodcraft is a retail facility that sells woodworking tools and supplies. We envision the vestibule to celebrate the craft of woodworking through various architectural assemblies: wood board formed concre

Construction of our latest project, Woodcraft Austin, recently began. The construction administration process involves regular visits up to the site. During our recent site visit, we observed the preparation work for the pouring of the concrete foundation. This entails drilling almost 8 feet into bedrock and setting the rebar, erecting the steel base plates and columns, and setting up the formwork – all prior to pouring the concrete. A lot of coordination is needed to ensure

We are very excited to announce the grand opening of our Water Tower Bike Rack at West Enfield Pool, designed by Alan for the City’s Art in Public Places program. It was great to see community members, local artists and architects, and staff from the Austin Parks and Recreation Department all join together to celebrate the Water Tower Bike Rack’s completion, just in time for summer. A lot of time and effort went into the design and execution of the installation and we hope th

Today we’re screening Malcom Muggeridge’s documentary A Third Testament on Saint Augustine. We’re excited about further exploring Saint Augustine’s ideal City of God and our vision of “on earth as it is in heaven.” Augustine related his own day and age to eternity; he saw the fall of the earthly city and envisioned the City of God— a city that would endure. In Muggeridge’s words, “Saint Augustine’s great conclusion is that in its sojourn here, the heavenly city makes use of t

Fabrication on the water tower bike rack is in full swing. The individual panels have been CNC plasma cut and bent. Now, Alan and Bo are spending long hours working with the welder to assemble the panel families and prep them for final painting. Thanks to the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places program for making this project possible. Art in Public Places project link #projects #fabrication #all

Today we kick off our summer film series with the documentary Mother Teresa: A Missionary of Charity by Ann Petrie & Jeanette Petrie. We take much strength from hearing of God’s providence sustaining Mother Teresa’s ministry, and pray that He would likewise sustain us. Films are shown in the Reach conference room during lunch on Thursdays. We will continue with Malcom Muggeridge’s A Third Testament which documents his pilgrimage to understand the lives of seven maverick Chris

Dining in a new restaurant is always exciting, and when it happens to be a restaurant your team designed, it’s very exciting. We had a great time at the soft opening for aRoma Italian Kitchen & Bar, enjoying Italian wine, sampling some of their cuisine, and catching up with friends and family. Make sure to check it out down on South Lamar, right next to the Broken Spoke – and of course, let us know what you think. Getting feedback from the community is always helpful! aRoma I