Santa barbara — Austin, TX | Exterior rendering

Client:
Mr. Antonio
Year:
2026
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N2Q Studio worked with Mr. Antonio on a engagement covering four residential designs in Texas, all rendered in the Santa Barbara architectural style

White stucco facades, red clay tile roofs, arched openings, and courtyard entries. The four floor plans range from 2,500 to 4,200 square feet, each visualized as a photorealistic twilight exterior to support decisions on massing, materials, and landscaping ahead of construction.

For each of the four home designs, Mr. Antonio also requested a xeriscape planting plan — an arrangement of drought-tolerant, desert-adapted vegetation suited to Texas’s climate — so the landscape distribution could be reviewed alongside the architecture for every floor plan before construction began.

Front Elevation of the 3,600 sq ft Antonio Residence, Santa Barbara style home in Texas
Front Elevation of the 3,000 sq ft Antonio Residence, Santa Barbara style home in Texas
Front Elevation of the 2,500 sq ft Antonio Residence, Santa Barbara style home in Texas
Front Elevation of the 4,200 sq ft Antonio Residence, Santa Barbara style home in Texas
3,600 sq ft Santa Barbara-style landscaping in Texas featuring a terracota brick path with pebble borders, a lawn, and xeriscape planting with various cacti, agaves, and ornamental grasses.
3,000 sq ft Santa Barbara-style landscaping in Texas featuring a modern concrete slab paver path with pebble borders, a lawn, and xeriscape planting with vertical cactus columns (such as Trichocereus), smaller agaves, and low-growing ornamental grasses.
2,500 sq ft Santa Barbara-style landscaping in Texas featuring a winding terracotta-colored paver path with pebble borders, a lawn, and xeriscape planting with large Golden Barrel cacti and a prominent Saguaro cactus on the left.
4,200 sq ft Santa Barbara-style landscaping in Texas featuring a brown brick paver path with pebble borders, a expansive lawn, and xeriscape planting with abundant Golden Barrel cacti, low-growing shrubs and grasses, a large Saguaro cactus on the right, and large dark brown terracotta planters.