Charles Di Piazza Architecture Interviewed in Tribeza

Charles Di Piazza was asked by Austin’s Tribeza to join a group of local Architects and Builders in a series of conversations. Paired with Brett Greig, an Architect, colleague at the University of Texas, and now Project Manager with Rauser Construction, the two discuss the important role collaboration plays in the design process.

To read the article, follow this link to Tribeza:

https://tribeza.com/austin-builders-architects-charles-dipiazza-brett-greig/

Dogtrot House Featured in Texas Architect Magazine

The recently completed Dogtrot House has been featured in the March / April 2020 issue of Texas Architect Magazine. In this article, titled “The Hybrid”, Texas Architect Editor Aaron Seward considers how the Dogtrot House is a uniquely successful expression of qualities often found at odds with each other: the relationship between structures both old and new, of space public and private, and of density with neighborhood life.

To read the article, follow this link to Texas Architect :

https://magazine.texasarchitects.org/2020/03/11/the-hybrid/

Charles Di Piazza Architecture Featured in The Wall Street Journal

On September 12, 2019, the Wall Street Journal released an article, “They Sold Their Company for $500 Million, Then Went Real-Estate Shopping”, that chronicles the real estate ventures of the founders of Big Ass Fans, Carey and Nancy Smith. This includes their primary residence in Austin, a home in Old Enfield formerly owned by Lance Armstrong, now in the process of renovation by Charles Di Piazza Architecture. We are honored to be working on this project, and delighted to see our work in the Homes section of the Journal!

To read the article, follow this link to the Wall Street Journal:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-founders-of-big-ass-fans-have-bought-some-big-time-real-estate-11568217048

Windsor Residence, Living Room.

Windsor Residence, Living Room.

Charles Di Piazza Architecture [CDPA] receives two (!!) 2018 AIA Austin Design Awards!

We are honored to have received design awards for the Court and Corten House (aka. Rio Grande Residence) and the Texas French Bread Gardens.  A heartfelt thanks to everyone involved in its success:  Chris Cobb, Andrew Fulcher, Christy Ten Eyck, Cameron Campbell, Leap Structures, John Christensen, Andrea Calo, 22 Construction, Minta Maria, and a long list of fine craftsmen!