Thank you, Fort Worth Inc. for covering the 110 Walnut Street studio project (2023 AIA Fort Worth Design Award Winner).

Excerpt from the story below:

Texas modern architect Jeff Garnett has been recognized with the 2023 AIA Fort Worth Design Award for the studio project at 110 Walnut Street in Glen Rose, the charming outpost and county seat of Somervell County, 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth.

The 110 Walnut Street studio serves as Garnett’s own artistic retreat and home base and features a creative design choice. He uses it as a working studio and meeting space. Before construction, the property was a 25-foot empty lot overgrown with weeds, which sits on the historic town square between a locally-owned restaurant — originally a Coca-Cola bottling plant — and a semi-vacant two-story historic building.

“The way I approached this project is the same way I approach a project on an empty field on a ranch. You have to pay respect to your surroundings, both inside and outside. If the view is there, I’ll take advantage of the view, even if it's 10 feet away. If it’s not there, I'm still going to create a space where you have that open feeling, that sacred space to unwind and slow down.”