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Accents Austinticity The 1980s inspiration continues through designer Michele Lorenz’s furnishing and art choices.

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This high-tech takes a “It was an extreme challenge to create this very large struc- Adrian Fudge, project manager at Dalgleish Construction Company. ture,” says David Dalgleish, founder of Dalgleish Construction Company. “There’s also an electric car .” “We cut 18 feet into the ground, and we waterproofed the whole thing.” One of the most impressive aspects of the basement is the frame of the cue from a classic movie Burch adds, “There are some really beautiful trees on the lot as well, 1980 BMW M1, which was carefully bolted to one of the . and it was the client’s No. 1 priority to save them.” “We placed it on the to make it seem like the weight of the car was By Lauren Jones So, an arborist joined the contractor, architect, and designer on-site. pushing in, almost like it was in motion,” Fudge says. “The owner took the The main wall is brightened by a fluorescent light in the owner’s engine and transmission out, and they are now displayed as art pieces, handwriting that reads “Live for the journey, not the destination.” (For but he told me you could place them in the car and drive it off the wall.” For many, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is an iconic representation of Shiflet Group Architects is the brainchild behind the impressive struc- the sake of privacy, the owner declined to be included in this piece.) The The 1980s inspiration continues through the furnishing and art choices the bright, bold, and flashy aesthetic of the 1980s. More than 30 years ture, along with Dalgleish Construction Company and Mark Ashby Design. light was commissioned by Ion Art, the company behind the ATX sign of designer Michele Lorenz of Mark Ashby Design. after its release, the movie’s influence still endures. Case in point: this “Pretty quickly, the garage took on a life of its own,” says project archi- at the downtown Whole Foods Market. “In the , there’s Andy Warhol wallpaper,” Lorenz says. “We extravagant Austin garage, which was partially inspired by Cameron tect Sam Burch, formerly of Shiflet Group. “We took inspiration from A 65-foot sliding glass system easily opens up the space, which is wanted to use this Porsche red color, so in the mezzanine we have these Frye’s dad’s in the film. An 8,300-square-foot architectural masterpiece, Ferris Bueller, but took it up a notch, yielding a three-level, glass-and- built to hold up to 17 cars on the first two levels. In the basement, there leather chairs and a sofa. It was all very intentional, using primary colors the ultimate man cave features a silver Porsche 901, one of only 105 in steel structure.” is 3,300 square feet of wood paneling that serves as a design feature and and geometric shapes indicative of that era.” the world; two 5,000-watt speakers, which have to warm up for a week something of this caliber—with a basement, no less—was part of the soundproofing material. All in all, the ultimate man cave was completed over a multi-year in order to be used properly; and even the frame of a rare BMW bolted quite a construction and design feat, especially since most of Central “There’s more than a mile of reglets, and the is an acoustic period. For a team that drew inspiration from the movies, this project

to one of its walls. Texas is solid limestone. GRIER (4) CLAY product made up of 96 percent recycled glass that absorbs sound,” says was one for the books.

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