Modern Residential Architects
We design homes that respond to the Hill Country landscape, its light, and the specific ways people live here. This collection highlights residential projects in and around San Marcos — from river-adjacent sites to hillside lots. Each one reflects our approach to modern architecture: working with clear environmental conditions, using a restrained material palette, and shaping space through form, section, and light. These homes are modern in both spirit and execution — designed to endure, not just impress.
A.GRUPPO Architecture Firm San Marcos, TX
In San Marcos, design begins with the land itself — how a house settles into a slope, adapts to heat and water, and frames views of rivers or oak groves. Each project becomes a dialogue between place, material, and the rhythms of daily living.
Key design strategies:
Balancing steep lots with horizontals that ground the home while opening Hill Country views.
Introducing daylight through clerestories, courtyards, and deliberate orientation.
Designing for resilience with shaded outdoor living areas, deep rooflines, and durable natural materials that weather beautifully over time.
Selected Projects:
Bley Sleeping House expands a two-bedroom home with three additional bedrooms, a home office, and a mudroom for a growing family. Framed views, clerestories, and a light-filled stairwell bring daylight deep into the interiors, balancing compact rooms with openness and connection to the site.
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Cannonball Run creates a riverside deck in San Marcos that frames access to the spring-fed San Marcos River for swimming, paddling, and play. Built around a pecan tree and cantilevered over the shoreline, the structure balances durability with sensitivity to site, offering both family recreation and connection to the river’s ecology.
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Laman Residence — A 1970s home transformed with a studio and gallery opening onto a sculpture garden courtyard, uniting art-making, daily life, and landscape.
About A.GRUPPO Architects
A.GRUPPO Architects is a modern design architecture firm with offices in San Marcos and Dallas, Texas. For over 30 years, we’ve served clients across Central Texas—including Austin, New Braunfels, and the Hill Country. Our work spans residential, commercial, and institutional architecture, with each project rooted in thoughtful spatial exploration, material clarity, and contextual response.
Is A.GRUPPO Architecture firm near me?
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We are happy to help you wherever you are located in Texas, specifically we've worked in the following Texas cities from our San Marcos Office - Architecture Firm.
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San Marcos, TX
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New Braunfels, TX
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Canyon Lake, TX
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Lockhart, TX
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Seguine, TX
San Marcos FAQ
How do you design homes that fit San Marcos’s mix of historic neighborhoods and modern infill lots?
We study the rhythm and proportions of surrounding houses—setbacks, rooflines, and porches—then interpret them through a contemporary lens. The result is modern architecture that respects neighborhood context while offering fresh, livable interiors.
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With San Marcos growing so quickly, how do you future-proof a custom home against changes in zoning and density?
We plan flexible layouts and resilient envelopes so that homes retain value even as the city densifies. Our design process anticipates shifting surroundings, balancing privacy with openness to the community.
How do you design for the San Marcos River and aquifer environment?
We take stormwater and aquifer recharge zones seriously, shaping grading and drainage to protect water quality. Rainwater collection and native landscaping are often integrated to align with local ecological priorities.
How do you balance student rental demand with the needs of long-term residents?
We design with adaptable floor plans—studies that can convert into bedrooms, accessory dwelling units that generate income—so homeowners can benefit from demand without compromising long-term livability.
San Marcos has both dense urban streets and wide Hill Country edges—how do you design differently in each?
In central neighborhoods we emphasize efficiency, vertical daylight strategies, and privacy. At the city’s edges, where sites open up, we expand into courtyards and long horizontal planes that frame views of the hills.
How do you address the risk of flooding in San Marcos while keeping design modern?
We lift critical spaces, use flood-resilient materials at lower levels, and treat water management as part of the architecture itself—bioswales, terraces, and landscape strategies that protect without looking defensive.
How do you bring the character of San Marcos—its river, limestone, and oaks—into residential design?
We draw on local materials and natural systems. Limestone walls, shaded outdoor rooms, and wood detailing reference the region, grounding modern design in a San Marcos identity.