In Austin, this brick-and-glass house embodies Southern hospitality with a street-facing window, airy interiors, and shaded courtyards. Its owners, Sherry and Anthony, credit their architect and close friend, Eric Hughes of Houston firm hrdesigndept, for accommodating their penchant for entertaining. Its owners, Sherry and Anthony, credit their architect and close friend, Eric Hughes of Houston firm hrdesigndept, for accommodating their penchant for Southern hospitality. For example, a visitor comes right into the kitchen—the formal entrance off the front walk gets much less use than the door from the carport—and is promptly handed a drink across the generous island. “There’s an overarching communal flow to the home and the way in which entertaining spaces work together, and then there are these separate, choreographed moments within that,” says Hughes. Tour the Texas home built for entertaining at the link in bio. – Photos by _leonidfurmansky Story by outertemple General Contracting b...