Checklist: April 10, 2017
As complex as the Laity Lodge renovation project has become (consisting of multiple buildings and acres of landscape), the full scope of it lives as a simple (albeit long) list. Our internal team has a...
View ArticleSite Visit: May 1
May Day. Wildflowers line Highway 41, cliff swallows have returned to take up their summer residence under the Great Hall porch, and the tile crew continues to grout Lodge bathrooms. Renovations have...
View ArticleA Moment at Cedar Brake
May 19. The latest views from Cedar Brake, which has developed its own sense of place now that three of the four cabins are standing. The porches (and their distinctive siding) are immediately notable,...
View ArticleTending to Details – Wednesday, May 31
“Our experience of an architectural space is strongly influenced by how we arrive in it.…” Architect and author Matthew Frederick is writing principally about finding one’s way into and around built...
View ArticleSite Visit: July 15
After a summer evening’s storm, we arrived to find the Lodge aglow (someone had left the lights on). Of note this visit: the finished millwork in the Lodge rooms (wardrobes, desks, and beds), the dock...
View ArticleSome last minute touches
Over the course of the last month, Paul Soupiset (H. E. Butt Foundation creative director) has made his way out to Laity Lodge twice weekly to hand-paint lettering onto various glass windows and doors...
View ArticleA Prayer for Laity Lodge
“O Heavenly Father, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, Be present at Laity Lodge, that all who enter there, being kindly cared for, may find it a haven of blessing and of peace....
View ArticleWelcome (back) to Laity Lodge
September 15, 2017. Laity Lodge reopens and guests return after the two-year renovation project. The post Welcome (back) to Laity Lodge appeared first on Laity Lodge.
View ArticleInstant Reportage Photography
Our Kerrville offices include an Archive full of old documents, correspondences, brochures, audio recordings, architectural plans, and lots of photographs. There’s something to the experience of...
View ArticleCedar Brake Concrete
Today crews poured the foundation for what will become the Main Cabin at Cedar Brake. This building acts as a sort of hub for the site and will include a kitchen, dining and meeting spaces, generous...
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