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Modern Architectural Design
In Texas and Beyond

For over 30 years, A.GRUPPO has designed modern architecture that balances precision, restraint, and craft. We approach every project as a collaboration between client, site, and idea. Whether a new home in Dallas, a renovation in San Marcos, or a design-build in the Hill Country, our work reflects a commitment to clarity and permanence.

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FEATURED PROJECTS

The Ferrand Residence in New Braunfels, Texas, is a modern hillside renovation that blends 1940s stone architecture with contemporary design. Positioned to preserve a 300-year-old heritage live oak, the home features steel-framed windows, bay alcoves, and a rooftop deck overlooking the Texas Hill Country. A linear light spine connects old and new structures, drawing daylight through the interior while respecting the steep topography and site constraints. This Texas Hill Country modern home exemplifies adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and landscape-integrated architecture—ideal for searches on residential renovation, oak tree preservation, and site-sensitive home design.
A narrow gravel walkway runs alongside a rustic limestone wall, part of a modern Texas Hill Country home. The sunlit path is framed by warm-toned natural stone cladding, offering a serene transition between indoor and outdoor architectural spaces. Native oak trees in the background enhance the earthy palette, while the precision of the masonry highlights refined, site-sensitive design. Ideal for searches related to sustainable architecture, Texas modern homes, stone masonry, outdoor walkway design, or natural building materials in contemporary residential construction.
Modern custom-built Dallas home in Urban Reserve, completed in 2017, showcasing sustainable urban architecture on a compact 5,000 sq ft lot. The two-story residence features cantilevered rear stairs and a back deck to maximize buildable area. The facade combines dark brick and vertical siding with expansive windows that open to a canopy of mature oak trees, enhancing indoor-outdoor connectivity. The upper level includes a master suite, office, and jack-and-jill bathroom, while glass floors offer a treehouse-like view. This contemporary Texas home exemplifies thoughtful space planning, minimalist design, and strategic use of urban infill lots.
Interior view of the Aldwick Circle Residence in Dallas, Texas, showcasing a modern double-height living space designed for natural light, privacy, and family life. The room features large glass doors that open to an exterior patio, minimalist furnishings, and a slatted wood light well above that channels daylight into the heart of the home. Designed with sustainable materials and a thoughtful response to site conditions, the home balances openness with privacy, integrating views of mature trees and tailored light flow. Ideal for searches related to Dallas contemporary architecture, light-filled modern homes, and contextual residential design.

Design & Build

A.GRUPPO is a design + build architecture firm. We manage the entire process, from concept to construction, to ensure the original vision is realized without compromise. This integrated approach strengthens communication, shortens timelines, and maintains consistency in quality, proportion, and detail.

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Our Process

Our design process begins with listening. We study the site, light, and structure to find solutions that fit their environment. Each project is developed through modeling, visualization, and direct client dialogue. By controlling design and construction under one method, we deliver architecture that performs as precisely as it looks.

The Emerson Residence in Dallas, Texas, is a modern renovation of a 1940s post-war home in the Greenway Parks neighborhood. Preserving the original stone structure and footprint, this redesigned single-family residence introduces sculptural ceilings, light monitors, and a central stairwell that floods the interior with natural light. A carefully integrated second story expands space without disrupting neighborhood scale. Modern materials, indoor-outdoor connections, and reconfigured layouts offer contemporary living while honoring historic charm. Ideal for searches related to modern home renovations in Dallas, sustainable design within constraints, and transforming historic homes for modern family life.
Sustainable hillside residence designed with passive heating and cooling strategies, located in the Texas Hill Country. The home’s main living areas are elevated on the upper level to follow the natural topography, offering expansive views through floor-to-ceiling glazing in a double-height family room. A continuous band of south-facing windows maximizes winter solar gain, while deep roof overhangs provide full summer shading. The house integrates future-ready solar panel connections, rainwater harvesting for 100% of water needs, operable windows for cross-ventilation, attic fans, and a high-efficiency HVAC system—an architectural example of energy-conscious living in a rural Texas setting.
Rear view of an energy-efficient hillside home in the Texas Hill Country, designed to harness solar exposure and capture panoramic landscape views. Deep roof overhangs provide strategic summer shading, while operable windows offer passive ventilation throughout the space. The home’s rainwater collection system supplies 100% of the household’s water use, supported by future-ready solar thermal and photovoltaic infrastructure. Elevated living spaces align with the land’s slope, minimizing site disturbance. This modern residence showcases sustainable residential design with passive solar heating, attic fan ventilation, and high-efficiency HVAC integration—ideal for eco-conscious architecture and green home design in rural Texas.
Contemporary custom home at 16 Vanguard Way in Dallas, Texas, located in the Urban Reserve development, designed with a floating bar massing and expansive ground-floor glazing. Overlooking the neighborhood pond, the house features a compact 900 sq ft ground level with an open plan for dining, living, and kitchen areas, wrapped in sliding glass doors for panoramic southern views. Two rooftop light monitors bring daylight into the home’s core, enhancing passive lighting strategies. A sculptural steel-framed stair connects to the upper level, which includes two bedrooms, a library/guest room, and custom rotating partitions. Sustainable features include steel wind frames for lateral load transfer, a minimal foundation footprint, and future-ready solar integration. This residence blends minimalism, structural innovation, and environmental sensitivity in a narrow urban lot.

Where We Work

With studios in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and San Marcos, A.GRUPPO serves clients across Texas and throughout the United States. Digital collaboration allows us to manage projects efficiently in any location, from West Texas to New Mexico, Montana, and beyond, while remaining rooted in the character of our home region.

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