Peachy the Magazine September October 2015

GARDENS A Garden with a W View When I tell people who haven’t been to Austin that the terrain is extremely hilly with cliffs overlooking the Colorado River, most folks just don’t get it. Texas is so flat, they say. Lance Thompson with Thompson + Hanson was hired to make sense out of a difficult but stunning lot. The steep terrain—combined with issues like rocky outcrops with little to no soil and deer munching everything in sight— proved daunting. Clearly, the payoff was worth it. The home features a beautiful view overlooking Town Lake, or as it is now called, Lady Bird Lake. Blair Farris PHOTOGRAPHY BY Casey Dunn LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BY Lance Thompson, Thompson + Hanson ARCHITECTURE BY Ryan Street & Associates BUILDER Brian A. Bailey Homes WRITTEN BY SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2015 33

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