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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Architectural Character <br /> <br />Architectural design at Blanco Riverwalk is intended to reinforce the regional image of a Hill Country <br />environment through a reflection of traditional Hill Country architectural characteristic s adapted to <br />contemporary building needs. It is also the intent to achieve excellence in building design through a <br />controlled range of materials, colors and details. <br /> <br />The Settlers who built the original homesteads and farms that characterize the Texas hill country <br />used available materials, such as stone, adobe, brick and stucco that blended with the land. Limited <br />by technology and influenced by German and Irish stone masonry tradition and the Spanish Colonial <br />tradition of Mexico, they built small scale structures in simple, straightforward forms. Porches, <br />sheds, wings, and ancillary buildings were added as their needs grew. Pitched metal roofs over <br />a 'light structure met the need for practical rural construction. Doors and windows were small in <br />relation to walls. Details were simple, but the texture of materials and the additions to buildings gave <br />the buildings scale and character. The continuity of repeating simple forms with a limited range of <br />buildings materials and techniques is what gives the Texas Hill Country architecture its character. <br /> <br />Today, contemporary Texas architectural design has adopted many motifs of traditional Hill Country <br />construction to portray the indigenous image of Texas. These same motifs are to be used to reflect <br />the character of Hill Country design at Blanco Riverwalk. <br /> <br /> <br />Architectural Character Standards III <br />Exhibit D IIiIiI <br /> <br />P A II T N E " S <br /> <br />03.15.2006 <br />