This home was designed to meet the needs of an active family and blend into the context of a 1930s neighborhood.  Key issues were “how to live well in a city” on a fairly small, ordinary corner lot and still attain a high degree of privacy for outdoor living.  Views were carefully taken into consideration because Ruth Parshall had the extra advantage of living on the property while designing the home.  A guest remarked that this is a wonderful design for this lot and that it felt like you were in the country.  The floor plan was influenced by a fascination with “central hall plan” houses and sleeping porches.  The design was influenced by wondering what Arts and Crafts architects/designers such as Mackintosh, Lutyens, Morris, Stickley, Greene and Green, Voysey, Wright, Larsson, Webb and Shaw would have done with this site, latitude, program, budget, neighborhood and era in Texas.  Christopher Alexander’s book A Pattern Language was also influential.