Residential Projects

2011 Masonry TEAM Award

Oaks Residence

There are not too many single family homes that necessitate more than 2,000 stone fabrication tickets. But then, there are not too many single family homes that can match up to the Oaks residence: 29,000 square feet of Classic Italian Palladian Architecture on a six and one half acre site. And the design and use of masonry continues out to the lot lines. There were a number of excellent single family homes in this category, all with distinctive design and use of masonry. But the Oaks residence is VERY special and in a class by itself.

Prothro House Addition

This house occupied a valuable parcel of land near downtown Dallas, featuring green spaces and large mature trees. The size was right, but the layout didn’t suit all the needs of its owners.

Walls of the servant spaces were constructed of sawn and sandblasted antique Lueders limestone, laid in long horizontal planks. Stone is mounted inside and outside the structure, with an inner cavity between for insulation. Slabs of Lueders comprise the steps and patios that surround the structure.

2006 Tucker Design Award

Prothro House Addition

Honoring outstanding stone architecture, the winners of the Building Stone Institute’s prestigious Tucker Design Awards were recently honored at a gala event in San Francisco, CA.

Design: Lawrence W. Speck, FAIA, of Page Southerland Page, Austin, TX
Stone Supplier: Mezger Enterprises, Lampasas, TX
Stone Installer: Fenimore-Blythe Masonry, Haltom City, TX

Private Residence - Dallas, TX

The six Corinthian capitals atop the columns at the front entry took six weeks each to hand carve, and are replicas of the capitals at the Temple of Mars in Rome. The columns flanking the cut stone entry surround are an Abacus design, with 27x27 inches of solid Texas Cream limestone weighing more than 1,000 pounds apiece. Hand-carved dentils are incorporated into frieze on the balcony while individual quoins surround each corner. Each window features hand carved, scrolled keystones.

Private Residence - Dallas, TX

This personal residence is more than 4,000 cubic feet of Shell and Texas Cream limestone with a hand carved design over the front entry weighing more than 7,000 pounds. The downspouts are designed behind the stone so they are invisible. Planning for this unique feature meant the stone had to be cut and hallowed to make room for the spouts.  The urns along the front are solid cut stone weighing 2,000 pounds each. They were turned and shaped on a lathe, and then hand carved around top.  The more than 40 balasters around front were also each individually turned on a lathe.