Collectors Autohaus

The Autohaus is a car collectors’ garage and dwelling in central Texas USA. The design features smart compact living quarters, floating above an open area for flexible exhibitions and automobile calibration/display. The second-floor is shifted forward to allow for double-height views to the garage space at the back while creating an everyday carport beneath the hovering bedchamber in the front.

Custom-made steel and glass sliding doors open the living space to a large roof terrace surrounded by tree canopies, enabling indoor/outdoor living in an urban setting.  A collaborative design and construction process was key to the project. The Matt Fajkus Architecture team worked with the builder, to design, fabricate, and install the large custom steel doors and windows.

The doors and windows were built in-house on the ground floor before their installation in its floating living quarters. This process allowed for greater quality control, high-end craftsmanship, full customization, and immediate installation to produce a structure for a unique function and equally unique living experience.