Concept study · Early planning · Your input shapes it

1520 Enfield Rd.
A quiet corner, reimagined.

A signalized corner in Old Enfield / Clarksville — 78703, under a heritage live oak, three blocks from the West Lynn cafes. We’re studying a small collection of 3–4 luxury residences crowned by something this zip code has never had: a resident-only rooftop Sky Lounge. Nothing is final — that’s the point. Tell us what you’d want.

1520 Enfield Rd concept board — luxury residences with resident-only sky lounge, dusk rendering

Early concept board by our design studio. Massing, height and unit count are subject to zoning review, heritage-tree protection and city approvals.

The idea

Private club energy. Four front doors.

Most luxury buildings share their amenities with hundreds of neighbors. Here, a rooftop coffee & wine lounge — espresso in the morning, a temperature-controlled wine wall at dusk, a fire pit and BBQ kitchen under string lights, downtown on the horizon — would belong to just 3–4 residences. Lock-and-leave luxury with no staff, no strangers, and no maintenance burden: automated equipment, keyless access, costs shared through the HOA.

Concept: private rooftop sky lounge with coffee bar, wine bar, fire pit, BBQ kitchen and downtown views
The rooftop, as a private social floor — coffee bar, sunset wine bar, fire pit lounge, outdoor dining, BBQ kitchen, downtown views.
Concept: resident-only sky lounge interior with coffee bar, wine collection and skyline view
Inside the lounge — commercial-grade espresso, a curated wine wall, marble bar. For the residents of four homes, only.
The site

Why this corner.

1520 Enfield Rd sits at the signalized corner of Enfield & West Lynn — a 12,185 sq ft lot in the Old West Austin historic district, shaded by a protected heritage live oak we intend to design around, not through. Walk to Fresh Plus, Swedish Hill, Cipollina and the West Lynn strip; five minutes to downtown; Lady Bird Lake trails down the hill.

The neighborhood is seeing real investment — a $70M residential-and-retail project is planned one block up West Lynn — and we think this corner deserves something intimate rather than big: a handful of exceptional homes and a garden that gives the oak room to breathe.

Concept: private courtyard oasis with fire pit under the heritage oak
Concept: a private courtyard oasis at the heart of the site.
Lounge amenities · concept

What the Sky Lounge could include.

Private coffee bar

Commercial-grade automatic espresso — your morning flat white, 40 steps from bed.

Sunset wine bar

Temperature-controlled wine wall and marble bar, facing the skyline.

Fire pit lounge

Low seating around the fire — the after-dinner room without a ceiling.

Outdoor dining & BBQ kitchen

Grill, prep counter and a long table under string lights.

Downtown views

The Austin skyline from a quiet residential hill.

Private roof terraces

Beyond the shared lounge — each residence gets its own screened terrace.

Concept amenities under study; final program subject to design development and city approvals.

Directions we’re weighing

Three ways this corner could live.

We’re running massing and feasibility studies on three directions. Each keeps the oak, the privacy and the craft — they differ in how the homes and the corner meet the street.

Direction A

Four modern villas

Four detached three-story homes with roof terraces, private garages with EV charging, optional private elevators and basements. The most straightforward path — a quiet collection behind the oak.

Direction B

Flats with private elevators

Three full-floor residences — one home per level — each with elevator-direct entry, a full-width terrace and a share of the rooftop. Rare in 78703; single-level living with villa-scale space.

Direction C

Villas + a corner pavilion

Slightly more compact villas, plus a small glass pavilion at the signal corner — beginning life as the residents’ lounge and coffee salon, with the long-term possibility of a neighborhood cafe.

Direction A concept — four warm modern villas with wood screens, roof gardens and native landscaping
Direction A, visualized — warm wood & stone villas with roof gardens, carports and native planting; the skyline in the distance.
Direction B concept — one refined building of full-floor residences with rooftop pergola, The Pecan Residences
Direction B, visualized — one refined building of full-floor residences: private-elevator flats, planted balconies, a shared rooftop under the pergola.
Direction C concept — three glass residences around the heritage oak with a corner pavilion
Direction C, visualized — glass residences around the heritage oak, with a corner pavilion meeting the street.

Three very different answers to the same corner.

One is warm, private and planted — four villas that keep the corner quiet. One is a single refined building — full-floor homes with elevator-direct entries and a shared roof. One is transparent and civic — glass homes with a pavilion at the signal. The same oak sits at the heart of all three.

Which corner do you believe in? Villas, flats, or glass with a pavilion? Cast your vote & tell us why ↓

Concept illustrations only; massing, height and materials subject to zoning review and design development.

Aerial study of Direction C — three residences and the corner pavilion among preserved trees, with neighboring homes for scale
Direction C from above — the pavilion holds the signal corner, three homes step down the lot, every mature tree stays, and parking tucks in off the shared drive. Note the scale next to the neighbors’ homes.
Annotated reference site study — four homes around a central courtyard with shared family pool, coffee bar pavilion and BBQ pergola
Reference site study — how four homes could share the site: a central courtyard with a family pool (12'×24'), a coffee-bar pavilion with pergola dining and BBQ, one shared driveway off Enfield, parking tucked at the edges. Another way to think about “private homes, shared luxury.”
Where this stands

Honest timeline.

Now · 2026

Due diligence & concept

Site studies, city pre-review, tree protection planning, neighborhood conversations — and this public concept discussion.

2027

Design & permits

Massing locked, architecture developed, permits filed. Early reservations conversations begin.

2028

Build

Demolition and construction — documented in the open, like every Honics build.

Join the discussion

Help shape this project.

This page is a genuine question, not a brochure. If you could see yourself living here — or you live nearby and care about this corner — tell us what you’d want. Every response gets read by the founders.

Concept study only — not an offering. Renderings are illustrative; all plans subject to due diligence, design development and City of Austin approvals.

Community forum

Neighbors & public: say your piece.

This project lives on your block, so this space is yours too. Questions, concerns, ideas, support — post below and we’ll answer in the open. House rules: be civil, no spam; we moderate for respect, never for disagreement.