Bunkhouse Group and architecture office Lake Flato collaborated to create Hotel Magdalena, a hotel in Austin designed to emulate a Texas lake house filled with art and "hippie textiles."
Hotel Magdalena's sloping architecture is designed to recall the gently inclined landscape of the nearby Barton Springs, a popular outdoor swimming spot.
The four new buildings that make up the hotel occupy the original site of the 1950s Terrace Motor Hotel and Willie Nelson's 1970s music venue Austin Opry House. The hotel's swimming pool is one of its central hubs
Overlooking the pool, the hotel's outdoor bar area is a colourful space with soft seating by Expormim and clusters of umbrellas.
Clad in terracotta tiles, the bar itself has a playful terrazzo top designed by Concrete Collaborative.
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