ARCHITECTURE rooted in Place,

meticulously Designed,

and built with Intention.

Burleson Architecture is a Kerrville-based architecture studio designing custom homes, ranch properties, lake houses, renovations, and enduring places across the Texas Hill Country and beyond.

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SELECTED WORK

Lake McQueeney Residence · Lake McQueeney, Texas

Lake McQueeney Residence · Lake McQueeney, Texas

Midcentury Ranch House · Kerrville, Texas

Midcentury Ranch House · Kerrville, Texas

Hill Country Farmhouse · Fredericksburg, Texas

Hill Country Farmhouse · Fredericksburg, Texas

ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

Architectural floor plan showing a living room with dimensions, a coffee table, a bookshelf, a wood-burning fireplace, and stairs descending from the entrance.
Sketch of a house with a pitched roof, garage, trees, and a car parked outside, on a plain background.
A spreadsheet with project costs and calculations on the left, a satellite map of a lakeside area with labels on the right, and an aerial view of a residential neighborhood at the bottom.

PRE-DESIGN AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN

Early design work begins with understanding what is already there and what the project can become. When needed, we document existing conditions and prepare as-built drawings, then study your goals, budget, code and zoning requirements, HOA constraints, sun, wind, views, topography, and site features before developing preliminary sketches and floor plan options.

An exploded view of a multi-story house showing detailed interior rooms, exterior architecture, and roofing structure.
An outdoor residential area seen from a covered patio with a wooden ceiling, black posts, and glass railing. There are lounge chairs by a pool, surrounded by trees and shrubs with a house in the background.
Outdoor patio with seating area, a tree with red autumn leaves, and surrounding houses at sunset.

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Design development brings the home into focus. We build a 3D model of the house and surrounding landscape, walk through it together, study interior and exterior materials, and refine the design through rendered elevations, 3D views, and floor plans before construction drawings begin.

Architectural blueprint of a residential building showing front, right, back, and left elevations with detailed annotations.

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION, PERMITTING, AND CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION

Construction documentation turns the approved design into a detailed set of drawings for pricing, permitting, and construction. We help guide the project through permit review and provide periodic site visits during construction to observe progress, answer questions, review details, and support the design intent as the home takes shape.

Based in Kerrville.

Shaped by the Hill Country.

Burleson Architecture is based in Kerrville, Texas, and works throughout the Texas Hill Country, including Hunt, Ingram, Fredericksburg, Wimberley, New Braunfels, Lake McQueeney, and surrounding ranch, river, and lake communities.

The work is shaped by limestone, shade, water, heat, views, craft, and the practical realities of building well in this region — while remaining open to select site-specific residential projects beyond Texas.

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THE STUDIO

Burleson Architecture is led by Garrett Burleson, AIA, a licensed Texas Architect based in Kerrville. The studio focuses on thoughtful residential work shaped by site, proportion, craft, and the details that make a place feel settled, durable, and deeply considered.

Garrett is trained as an Architect as Master Builder - where design, craft, construction, and responsibility are deeply connected. His experience working alongside Pax Chagnon, AIA, in the Architect-led Design-Build practice of Chagnon Architecture, both as a project designer and a construction supervisor, gives him a practical lens for navigating today’s complex building environment. His hands-on work as a craftsman and amateur carpenter continues to shape the studio’s approach: beautiful, ambitious, and site-specific design should also be clear, durable, and buildable.

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Black and white photo of a lifeguard tower against a dark sky.

Common Questions:

  • The studio focuses on custom homes, renovations, additions, ranch properties, lake houses, boathouses, and select site-specific residential work.

  • Burleson Architecture is based in Kerrville, Texas, and works throughout the Texas Hill Country, including Hunt, Ingram, Fredericksburg, Wimberley, New Braunfels, Lake McQueeney, and surrounding ranch, river, and lake communities. Select out-of-region projects may also be considered. We recently completed two projects in Colorado, and have a fascination and love for the Western region of the United States.

  • Yes. Early site planning and feasibility studies can help evaluate access, views, utilities, orientation, topography, constraints, code and zoning requirements, and general project potential before major decisions are made.

  • Yes. Architectural projects often involve coordination with structural engineers, builders, consultants, city officials, HOA review boards, and permitting authorities as the design develops.

  • The first step is a conversation about the site, goals, budget, schedule, and scope of work. From there, we can determine whether the project begins with existing conditions, site analysis, schematic design, or a broader feasibility study.

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Stone walkway through a landscaped waterfront garden with integrated path lighting, cable railing, mature trees, and an elevated deck by Burleson Architecture.
Stone walkway through a landscaped waterfront garden with integrated path lighting, cable railing, mature trees, and an elevated deck by Burleson Architecture.

Let’s talk about your project

Whether you are planning a custom home, renovation, ranch property, lake house, or early site study, the best first step is a conversation about the land, the goals, the constraints, and what the project could become.

Based in Kerrville, Texas · Serving the Texas Hill Country and select site-specific projects beyond

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