CANYON WELCOME House
H. E. Butt Foundation Camp · Leakey, Texas
For thousands of visitors every year, turning into the H. E. Butt Foundation’s network of camps brings a change in mindset. They begin the descent into “the canyon,” the name adopted by those who consider it a second home, with anticipation and often nostalgia. Card and Company set out to create a Welcome House to mark this threshold and set a tone for the timeless hospitality that will greet guests down the road.
Inspired by the idea of a “Sunday house,” a name for the home where farming families would gather after church before their trek homeward, this house serves as a rest stop and touchpoint. Locally quarried limestone, exposed timber, and water catchment cisterns further recall the historic building methods native to the Texas Hill Country.
Project Team
CCO: Jonathan Card, Matt Burton, Javier D. Alonso, Zachary Sample
Owner: H. E. Butt Foundation
General Contractor: Zuber Construction
Interiors: CREO
Landscape Architect: TBG
Structural Engineer: Lundy & Franke Engineering