Custom, Architect driven, residential design services to clients seeking to build new homes and landscapes in Kerrville, the Texas Hill Country, and beyond. GB Residential Design provides custom residential design for clients in Kerrville and across the Texas Hill Country. Our work is rooted in the character of the land and the practical realities of how a home is built and lived in.

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Meet Garrett Burleson

Garrett’s childhood was filled with art and with building, and so is much of his adult life. He was raised by a College Professor and a Computer Scientist, both with a passion for and devotion to art. He has always been interested the intersection of art and science.

Over the past 12 years he has constructed his own tiny home, started and sold a successful landscaping company, earned a Master of Architecture, and worked at several award-winning architecture firms before starting his own practice. Most recently, he worked alongside Architect Pax Chagnon AIA, designing and building structures in the Texas Hill Country.

He has a passion for architecture and landscape design and a sense of gratitude to be able to do what he loves - designing, and guiding clients through the design process to give them a home and landscape that is perfect for them.

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Our Design Process and 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.
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Pre-Design / Schematic Design

  • Information Gathering - your dreams and vision for your place, as well as cost analysis, code analysis, city zoning and HOA requirements.

  • Site Analysis - setting your project up for success by studying the sun, wind, distant views, topography, and other features that make your site unique.

  • Preliminary Sketches and Floor Plan - sifting through various options to find a home plan layout that is perfect for you.

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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.
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Design Development

  • We build a 3D model of your home and landscape and walk through it together.

  • Research of interior and exterior materials.

  • Rendered exterior elevations, 3d views, and floor plan.

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Construction Documentation and Permitting

  • We dive into the details of how your home will be constructed and develop the 3D model into a detailed set of construction drawings that a contractor can use to price and build your home.

  • We get your home permitted and ready to build.

  • We make 4-5 site visits to ensure your home is constructed as designed.

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Floor plan architectural drawing of a kitchen with labels for storage, utility, toilet, and kitchen appliances, including notes on design considerations.

“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about its beauty, I just think about how to solve the problem, but when I finish it, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it’s wrong.”

— Buckminster Fuller, Architect