Constant House

Austin’s historic Hancock neighborhood–near the Balcones Fault, where east meets west and Blackland Prairie transforms into the Hill Country’s chalky limestone bluffs–is a region of liminality. Here street grids shift, and deep cuts in the earth give way to the city’s Shoal and Waller Creeks. Without knowing the underlying geology, you might guess the roads were jogging arbitrarily, but Constant House is well aware of its surroundings. In function as well as form, it’s a home that stands as a nexus between elements that typically divide.