The Bellville Project designed by Dick Clark + Associates is a multi-structure composition on a sprawling 700-acre site located in the Texas Hill Country. From the onset, the two families who own the property were clear about what they wanted the project to be: a communal ranch, featuring private residences and a shared clubhouse, allowing for both private retreat and regular entertaining. Our design team visualized a shared central pavilion easily accessible from the two residences, but the true challenge was to create custom homes that individually addressed the couples? different aesthetics and wish lists, while connecting the overall property with a unified design. Photography by Dror Baldinger AIA.

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The heart of the property is a 2,830 SF pavilion, an ideal space for the families and guests to gather. Supported by an exposed steel structure reminiscent of spider legs, the building features frameless clerestory windows giving the roof the magical impression of floating. The space has a decidedly Texas aesthetic thanks to the knotty Post Oak found throughout the structure. Certain cues were taken from traditional farmhouse design, but the pavilion is distinctly contemporary. The larger of the two residences sits roughly one mile from the property?s central pavilion. This home features a series of steel doors and windows that open up to the idyllic landscape and spectacular fireplace, which features a stucco hearth and stack bond fireb...