September 15, 2017. Laity Lodge reopens and guests return after the two-year renovation ...
“O Heavenly Father, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, Be present at Laity ...
Over the course of the last month, Paul Soupiset (H. E. Butt Foundation creative director) has ...
After a summer evening's storm, we arrived to find the Lodge aglow (someone had left the lights ...
"Our experience of an architectural space is strongly influenced by how we arrive in ...
May 19. The latest views from Cedar Brake, which has developed its own sense of place now that ...
May Day. Wildflowers line Highway 41, cliff swallows have returned to take up their summer ...
As complex as the Laity Lodge renovation project has become (consisting of multiple buildings and ...
Our Kerrville offices include an Archive full of old documents, correspondences, brochures, audio ...
Today crews poured the foundation for what will become the Main Cabin at Cedar Brake. This building ...
Laity Lodge was swarming with activity this morning. Painters, landscapers, carpenters, drywall ...
Last week, only hours before we published the summer retreat schedule, our on-site construction ...
Amidst a cold, wintery drizzle, construction continues unabated at the Lodge. The sho sugi ban ...
Mid December, 2016. We arrived late evening as the crews were departing. Explored the progress ...
On a gray day in early December, we traveled to east Austin to visit Delta Millworks, where the ...
A quintessential autumn day in the Texas Hill Country. Sixty-four degrees and clear upon arrival. ...
Recent stonework really has the new building looking like the Lodge again. These walls are ...
The constant clatter of construction has turned Laity Lodge into one of the noisiest spots in the ...
Our early morning Lodge walkabout continues in black and ...
Readily apparent on this early morning visit: the first bit of exterior stonework (reusing some ...
Last Friday found us back on-site for a meeting and to see recent progress. We couldn't help but ...
Progress continues despite the unusual (yet very welcome) August rains. On the morning of our visit ...
A handwritten note on the back of this photograph tells the story: "Table custom made for Laity ...
At the beginning of the summer, one of my colleagues was in San Antonio when he ran into one of ...
Framing continues at the Lodge. Guest rooms already convey a discernible atmosphere with their ...
“When an architectural design draws solely from tradition and only repeats the dictates of its ...
Crews gathered before dawn in preparation for the 20+ concrete trucks that began arriving ...
After all the slow work leading up to it, framing is a fast and gratifying process. Everyone can ...
The story of the pre-dawn pouring of the Lodge foundation is best told by an email sent to all ...
The last bit of large-scale demolition took place last week with the removal of the old Cedar Brake ...
A bird's-eye perspective of the Lodge site as it's prepared for the new ...
Despite recent rains, formwork for the new Lodge foundation is nearly complete. Crews should pour ...
Laity Lodge is teaming up with Art House North to host our second on-the-road event, this time in ...
The Cedar Brake design process reached the point where it was time to see how the new ...
Laity Lodge is hosting a relaxed evening event in Nashville on Sunday, May 1. You can expect a ...
Out in the Canyon, a new foundation for the Lodge should be poured in a matter of days. Similar ...
The Lodge is gone. Stone walls were knocked down and disassembled last week (the stone was salvaged ...
Recorded by Paul ...
The new Lodge building (meadow side) Laity Lodge, a place we all love, is changing. There is an ...
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When architects Rick Archer (pictured left) and John Byrd (right) began their designs for the new ...
We recently visited the offices of Overland Partners where significant progress is being made ...
Beauty transcends the economic value we place on things. That’s what Glenn Echols learned when he ...
Retaining the wide, low-pitched style of the Lodge's original roof has been a priority from the ...
As a renovated Lodge slowly comes into view, we look forward to the continued shaping impact of the space on all of us who enter.
“Long after cost is forgotten, quality remains.” That phrase has reverberated in the H. E. ...
Christine Ten Eyck gets tips from Rudy Gonzalez (Director of Site and Construction) on the path ...
Unlike a new build, a remodel requires discovering the heart and soul of an existing building and ...
Laity Lodge is excited to announce that Overland Partners has been retained to assist us in ...
We are learning a lot about the original Lodge building through the process of systematically ...
The demolition crew is currently removing the white glazed brick bathrooms, resulting in a ...
It was a privilege to spend a blustery afternoon in front of a fire in the Great Hall, talking to ...
The demolition crew is working its way down the Lodge, removing interior walls as it goes. The ...
A late summer charette with the Project Team resulted in the following conceptual renderings of the ...
In November 2015 we embark on our comprehensive Laity Lodge renovation project. Our mission is to ...
