:: ben may design ::

:: 1402 The High Road ::

Amazing location atop Westlake Hills -
(with Downtown & Mt Bonnell views)

Reach out to Karen Kelly if interested!

If you aren't familiar with The Other Ones Foundation I hope you take a moment to learn more about their great programs, their great team, and all the remarkable work and support that they've already been doing here in Austin.

https://www.facebook.com/toofound/

They are literally in the trenches day-in and day-out - making a profound difference in the lives of our fellow Austinites facing the seemingly insurmountable challenges of homelessness.
This incredible organization has already helped so many to get their feet back under them, their world back in order, to regain a path and place as a contributing member to our community.

As with all the projects I help with, I listened - a lot. I learned - a lot. And upon listening & learning so much about this challenging issue I was honored to help them bring to life a vision they had for this site, and one that I hope you take the time to learn more about, perhaps to even donate - whether with time or funds - in an effort to help them create not only a location for this community to feel safe, connected, and on a path to recovery - but also to help create a scalable model that can be introduced to the countless areas and communities that are in dire need of the same support.

Homelessness is not solved by just building houses. It is a multi-faceted issue, that requires a collaborative/comprehensive effort to bring not only the shelter, but also the support, and services, (and even the simplest items such as an ID) to those who have lost their support network and had their world crumble around them.

There is so much more to this issue than just building homes - and The Other Ones Foundation is doing some amazing work to help re-engage a community that is historically overlooked and abandoned - to help them regain some dignity and purpose while allowing them to get their world back together, and rejoin the rest of us as happy, healthy, contributing members of our beautiful community here in Austin.

Extremely grateful to all the partners and creatives who have come on board to help bring this together.

It truly takes a village, and incredibly excited to watch this one take shape.

Love seeing projects like this - Both for the social impact and design capabilities.

Excited to see full-scale 3D printing usher in a new era of delivery. Once this tech gets paired with better carbon sequestering options (like Hempcrete)... Oh the possibilities...

(Check out ICON 3D Printing as well - some cool stuff)
https://matadornetwork.com/read/3d-printed-school-madagascar/?fbclid=IwAR2Rm3fdDpuI6ds5tqMWFbaO-YjwBMh8GM7M3bRpjbxOo6NgNclOhZIMW78

The world’s first 3D-printed school is being built in Madagascar It will give kids much-needed access to education.

Enjoying the way this remodel is shaping up in Travis Heights.
Keeping as much of the original charm as we can, while bringing this little bungalow comfortably in the 21st century.

Excited to watch this one take shape -
Updating an old service station into Progress Coffee's new location.
Should be another fun destination for the Cherrywood/French Place area once it all comes together.

When you forgot about the labyrinth you designed but rediscover it on Google Maps...

fun space taking shape out west... gotta love a lil' dogtrot

Great to see the Deep Ellum Hostel getting some recognition!

That area has come a loooong way since we used to sneak over there for shows in high school - (Just a little bit rougher back then. 😬)

If you haven't been up that way in awhile it's worth another visit -

Three Texas Hostels Worth Checking Into You don’t need to spend big bucks when you're exploring Dallas, Austin, and Houston.