The 110 Walnut Street project (studio headquarters of Jeff Garnett Architect) received the 2023 AIA Fort Worth Design Award.
The 110 Walnut Street building is located on the historic town square in rural Glen Rose, Texas. The building is sited between a local restaurant (originally a Coca-Cola Bottling plant building) and a semi-vacant two-story historic building.
110 Walnut primarily functions as a working studio and meeting space for a local architect. Prior to construction (and prior to new ownership), the empty lot sat vacant and often full of overgrown weeds and debris.
The studio building carefully slips between the existing adjacent buildings and is intentionally minimal in both size and proportions out of respect for the surrounding historical context. The front façade is slightly recessed in relation to the adjacent historic buildings, allowing the historic masonry of each neighboring structure to turn their respective inside corners 1 full brick course, providing a subtle distinction between old and new.
The front facade facing the street consists of native limestone, board formed concrete elements, and custom steel windows and doors. The building signage is intentionally secondary, allowing the materials to be the primary focus.
An approximately 35-foot-tall existing rubble stone wall sits directly adjacent to the studio. This historic side wall was the driving force behind the entire design scheme – natural lighting, historic appreciation, and strategic design restraint.