Tobin Smith creates triangular Casa Escuda for San Antonio family

Texas studio Tobin Smith Architect has completed a home for an irregular site facing a nature preserve that was envisioned as a "series of shields" clad in limestone and stucco.
Designed for a family with teenage children, Casa Escuda is located in a neighbourhood in the heart of San Antonio in south-central Texas. The home is on a triangular, corner lot and looks toward a wooded preserve in the rear.
Limestone and stucco clad the exterior of the home
"The lot backs up to a nature preserve, givi