Texas Modern Home on 1.3 Acre Preston Hollow Lot with Linear Lake
Texas Modern home designed by SHM Architects at 6506 Northaven Road is on a linear lake in Hillcrest Estates of Northaven neighborhood, Dallas, Texas.
6506 Northaven Road, Dallas Texas
SHM Architects Designed this Modern Home – For Sale (Under Contract)
This architecturally significant stone and brick home conveys the best of modern design and is warm and inviting. Open rooms are looking out windows in every direction that provide views of trees, lawn, pool and lake in the rear of the home. One is also treated to the look of a long ribbon of green space with a parade of trees as far as the eye can see in the front of the home. In the rear of the home, one sees a landscape canvas of modern art.
Pool and rear lawn of forested lot at 6506 Northaven Road in this Preston Hollow area of Dallas, Texas.The canvas canopy over the deck, just partially over the spa and pool, creating a lovely dynamic with the geometric shapes of the aquatic feature adjacent to the terraced lawn and soft borders of flowers that separate the lawn from the lake.Two cedar trees perfectly frame the neighborhood lake as it bends in the distance.
Whether it is a swimming pool by the ocean or a small neighborhood linear lake, there is something delightful about being in a pool and to be able to see a natural backdrop of water.
Terraced Lawn and Linear Lake
6506 Northaven Road forested yard in the Hillcrest Estates of the Northaven neighborhood, Dallas, Texas.
A terraced lawn, swimming pool and linear lake running behind the home create geometric shapes of tranquility. Inside the home or outside the home, one feels surrounded by nature. The professionally designed landscape accentuates the architecture of SHM Architects.
A Long Ribbon of Green Space with a Parade of Trees
A view of the wide, linked forested front yards along Northaven seen from the front yard of 6506 Northaven Road.
A Modern Home Both Sophisticated and Inviting
Front lawn and facade of 6506 Northaven Road is protected by trees in this Northaven neighborhood of Dallas, Texas.Texas stone and a standing-seam metal roof set the tone of the architectural style of this Texas Modern home. Separate living quarters over the garage, accessed by an exterior staircase, is designed in the tradition of original Texas homes, expanding one architectural component at a time. Wide walks provide a prominent path to the entrance of this home designed by the architectural firm SHM.
Living Quarters Over Garage
Texas Modern homes are often built incrementally with additional living quarters. In this image, you can see the stairs leading up to separate quarters over the garage. Texas Modern homes often feel like the indigenous architectural compounds they are inspired by.
In an era of white boxes, long corridors and large windows looking into a neighbor’s homes or garage, it is refreshing to have a modern home like this one at 6506 Northaven Road in Preston Hollow with views intended for modern homes – nature.
Texas Modern home designed by SHM Architects at 6506 Northaven Road is on a linear lake in Hillcrest Estates of Northaven neighborhood, Dallas, Texas.
A view of the rear of 6506 Northaven Road showing windows and decks overlooking the pool and lawn.A view across the terrace and elevated deck to the open doors to the kitchen and informal living area.This photograph of the rear facade shows the home and decks wrapping around a courtyard of this Northaven neighborhood home.
The bedroom wing juts towards the pool, allowing views of the pool, lawn and lake.Soft and hard canopies provide shade for relaxing on the elevated deck at 6506 Northaven Road.An exterior walkway connects a series of terraces and decks that the home opens to at 6506 Northaven.
It is the sign of great architecture when an architect creates the proportions and platform for an esteemed interior designer like Colleen Waguespack to furnish the home accentuating the materials, design and surrounding nature.From the kitchen, a view into the formal rooms of this architect-designed modern home at 6506 Northaven Road.View of kitchen from informal living room.
In this architect-designed home, the exterior living areas are as important as the interior living areas that are connected by a wall of windows and wide glass doors.The modernity of this architecturally significant home can be seen by the modern staircase, banks of windows, and the open floor plan.This image captures the entry, fireplace and stairs of this modern home designed by SHM Architects.High ceilings and wide plank oak floors create a warm elegance to this architect-designed home in the Preston Hollow estate area.
This open dining room connects several other rooms in this Texas Modern home designed by SHM Architects.Open dining room looks across the living room onto the courtyard deck and across the kitchen and informal living area with a backdrop of trees that line the lake.The kitchen opens to the informal living area, that is surrounded on three sides by windows and wide glass doors, looking across the pool, lawn and lake in this Preston Hollow estate area neighborhood.The informal living room has panoramic views of the lawn and lake or you can enjoy the fireplace or watching a football game.
Wherever you are seated in the informal living area open to the kitchen, you will have at least two views of nature.Texas lueders limestone and wide plank hardwood floors provide the perfect texture for a Texas Modern home.The Texas lueders limestone used on the exterior of this Northaven home wraps around the front interior wall to add continuity in the best of the Texas Modern tradition.From the living room, one looks onto the courtyard deck with a backdrop of nature.
Looking through the kitchen and informal room to the view of the trees lining the lake.A gallery corridor connects the formal rooms with the kitchen and informal rooms.The primary bedroom is an architectural peninsula with views in three directions of nature.A walkway leads from the elevated deck that opens to the living room to the elevated deck that wraps around the kitchen and informal living room overlooking the pool, lawn and lake.
Front lawn and facade of 6506 Northaven Road is protected by trees in this Northaven neighborhood of Dallas, Texas.A view of the wide, linked forested front yards along Northaven seen from the front yard of 6506 Northaven Road.Texas Modern home designed by SHM Architects at 6506 Northaven Road is on a linear lake in Hillcrest Estates of Northaven neighborhood, Dallas, Texas.Texas Modern homes are often built incrementally with additional living quarters. In this image, you can see the stairs leading up to separate quarters over the garage. Texas Modern homes often feel like the indigenous architectural compounds they are inspired by.
Pool and rear lawn of forested lot at 6506 Northaven Road in this Preston Hollow area of Dallas, Texas.From the interior of the home looking out walls of windows or from the elevated deck, one looks across the pool and lawn with the linear lake in the distance.The wide expanse of lawn behind the home is seen between the pool and the lake.The canvas canopy over the deck, just partially over the spa and pool, creating a lovely dynamic with the geometric shapes of the aquatic feature adjacent to the terraced lawn and soft borders of flowers that separate the lawn from the lake.
6506 Northaven Road forested yard in the Hillcrest Estates of the Northaven neighborhood, Dallas, Texas.The home at 6506 Northaven Road is immersed in nature, as seen in this image of flowers and trees as far as the eye can see, as one looks down the lake moving gently through the neighborhood.Flowers, water and trees create an enticing environment for one to look at from the home at 6506 Northaven.A lush garden of flowers and plantings in the foreground and a forested perimeter is in the background, as this flowing linear lake meanders through the neighborhood.
A manicured rectangular lawn and thick row of soft plantings and flowers run up to the meandering lake that runs through the neighborhood.A palette of blue flowers is a perfect foreground for the narrow lake and its lush surrounding of towering and overhanging trees.Two cedar trees perfectly frame the neighborhood lake as it bends in the distance.What is a neighborhood lake without ducks, which here you can see at the bottom of the image.
Looking over the lake beyond the flowers framing the rear garden of 6506 Northaven Road.The ducks in the middle of the lake are camouflaged by the reflections of the lush surroundings reflecting in the water.A perimeter path from this architecturally significant modern home leads you along a garden to the linear lake behind the home.From the front of this stone Texas Modern home, one might never imagine the endless lush surroundings that embraces the property. Here you see a texture of plantings, flowers, and woods that frame a view of a narrow lake as it meanders behind the homes hidden in this neighborhood.
