A custom home should be designed for your family, not for a future buyer. We listen to the memories you carry and give them a form they never quite had before.
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Zilker Studios Wins 2025 Austin Business Journal’s Community Impact Award
We’re honored that Zilker Studios has been awarded the 2025 Community Impact Award by the Austin Business Journal.
Continue readingFCAD Takes the Stage at Facades+ to Share Insights On High-Performing, Sustainable Design for Affordable Housing
Recently, our Founding Principal and CEO, Scott Ginder, shared these insights at The Architect’s Newspaper Facades+ Conference in Austin, TX, where he presented on “Zilker Studios: Insulation and Electrification for High-Performance Design.” Through meticulous energy modeling and strategic selection of assemblies and systems, we were able to achieve net-zero readiness while prioritizing resident comfort and operational efficiency for this deeply affordable 110-unit project in Austin, Texas.
Continue readingForge Craft Named One of Austin’s Best Architects
We’re honored to be named one of Austin Home magazine’s 2024 Best Architects.
Continue readingTheresa Passive House Wins 2024 AIA Housing Award
Our team here at Forge Craft Architecture + Design are incredibly proud to share that one of our recent healthy homes projects, Theresa Passive House, has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) with a prestigious 2024 Housing Award!
Continue readingCity Gives $4.5M Toward Decadelong Austin Playhouse Arts Center Project
Designed by Forge Craft Architecture and Design, the 25,000 square foot arts center includes two theaters, rehearsal and classroom spaces, and a lobby.
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THE COOL DOWN: As far as Trey Farmer is concerned, every new home should be a passive house.
Continue readingEEBA Carbon Efficient Building for Passive House
THE COOL DOWN: As far as Trey Farmer is concerned, every new home should be a passive house.
Continue readingTexan Builds Stunning ‘Passive House’ That Uses 75% Less Electricity Than Most Homes: ‘The Best Way To Build’
THE COOL DOWN: As far as Trey Farmer is concerned, every new home should be a passive house.
Continue readingLeveraging Design to Mitigate the Impacts of Increasing Extreme Temperatures
After more than 40 days of 100+ degree weather here in Austin, it goes without saying: It’s hot out here in Texas! But then again, it seems like it’s hot everywhere. According to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, we’ve just seen the hottest June and July on record. In the Arizona desert, century-old saguaro cactuses are collapsing and dying. In Palermo, Sicily, the local observatory reported its highest-recorded temperature since records began in 1791.
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