KLN-S04Downtown AustinMixed-use
Colorado Street Residences
Structure: level 21 slab poured, facade scaffold up to level 14.
Every number holds.
Residential, commercial, restoration and interiors work, run by one team from the first sketch to the certificate of occupancy. What's on the drawings is what gets built.
140+ projects delivered
06 active job sites
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(00) Studio
We are an architecture studio and a general contractor working at the same table.
The people who draw the project work in the same building as the people who build it. Nobody on site has to say “that’s not what the drawings showed.” Details get settled at the desk, and cost and schedule are known from the first week.
- Founded
- 1998, Austin
- Main office
- East Austin
- Fabrication shop
- Buda · 19,400 sq ft
- Licensing
- Registered architects · Licensed GC
- Safety
- EMR 0.71 · OSHA 30
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28yrs
of continuous work in the field
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140+
projects delivered
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4.1M sq ft
of enclosed floor area built
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64staff
architects, engineers and field crew
(01) Projects
Selected work
A selection of buildings we have delivered over the past ten years. Hover over a project to see its data sheet, or click it for the full details.
(02) Services
Six disciplines, from raw land to keys
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Residential
From a single custom home to a 200-unit community, schematic design through certificate of occupancy.
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Commercial buildings
Offices, hotels, retail and light industrial. Operating cost goes into the plan with the first drawing.
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Restoration
Measured surveys, historic structure reports and construction on landmarked buildings. We prepare the historic review submission ourselves.
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Interior architecture
Detailing, material selection, custom millwork and lighting, all built and tracked by our own shop.
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Infill redevelopment
From feasibility on an aging property to owner agreements, demolition and delivery of the new building.
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Owner's representation
Cost, schedule and quality oversight on the owner's behalf, on projects run by other contractors.
(03) Process
Five phases, one point of contact
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Discovery
1-2 weeksWe walk the site and read the zoning, the survey and the geotechnical report. Together we write the program, and you get a first budget range.
Output → Feasibility report -
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Design
4-10 weeksConcept sketches become schematic design, then a construction set coordinated with the structural, mechanical and electrical drawings.
Output → Construction document set -
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Permitting
3-8 weeksWe take the drawings through city review and every other approval the site needs. On landmarked buildings, the historic review submission is ours too.
Output → Building permit -
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Construction
8-30 monthsOur superintendent is on site every day. You get a weekly progress report, a monthly pay application and a photo log of the job.
Output → Weekly report, monthly pay app -
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Handover
2-4 weeksThe punch list is closed and the certificate of occupancy issued. With the keys you receive the building's O&M manual and a two-year maintenance schedule.
Output → Certificate of occupancy + keys
(04) On site
On site right now
Last updated: 09/26/2026
KLN-S05Montopolis, AustinInfill redevelopment
Montopolis Commons, 4 buildings
Tying level 6 rebar in Building B; masonry walls have started in Building A.
KLN-S06Hutto, TXCommercial
Hutto Logistics Center
Mass excavation complete; ground improvement with jet grouting under way.
(05) Team
The same people at the desk and on site
Staff: 14 architects · 11 civil engineers · 6 MEP engineers · 4 interior designers · 29 field staff
(06) Credentials
Licensed, audited, recommended
Certifications and awards
- ISO 9001:2015Quality management system2009
- Firm registrationArchitecture firm, State of Texas2001
- OSHA 30-HourRequired for every superintendent and foreman2014
- EMR 0.71Workers' comp experience modifier, 3-year average2025
- Merit awardPreservation award, Hyde Park Limestone House2021
- LEED GoldCore and shell certification, North Burnet Office Block2020
Some of our clients
- Shoal Creek Capital
- PECAN MILLS
- live oak housing
- Lakeway Hospitality
- Hill Country Schools
- BRAZOS ARTS
- red/logistics
- Pedernales Health
From permit to certificate of occupancy, they didn't move a single date. Their site report landed every Friday, so we could follow the job week by week from Dallas.
(07) Careers
We're hiring people who can take a drawing into the field
A third of our former interns now run projects here. To apply for an open position, send your résumé and, if you have one, your portfolio.
- SuperintendentConstruction · Full-time
- Project architectLicensed architect · Full-time
- Summer internArchitecture / interiors · 10 weeks
(08) Quote
Let's talk about your project
Fill out the form and one of our project managers will call you within two business days to set up a site visit. The site visit and the first budget meeting are free.
Request no. KLN-26-0000
Request received.
Our project team will call you within two business days to schedule a site visit. If you have the site survey or a zoning verification letter, bring it to the meeting. It saves a week of back and forth.
(09) Contact
Come by the office
- Address
- 1411 E 5th Street, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78702
- Phone
- (512) 555-0148
- Office hours
- Mon-Fri 7:30 am-5:30 pm · Sat 8 am-noon
