Thirty Ninety-Seven
Architectural works · Austin, Texas
Monumental doors and sculptural tables drawn from the contours of Westlake and the waters that define Austin.
A new threshold for the Hill Country
Thirty Ninety-Seven translates the ridges, escarpments, and waterlines of Central Texas into functional works of art. Each piece begins with local topography, then moves through material, proportion, engineering, and handwork until it belongs to the architecture around it.
American walnut
Depth, warmth, and grain that holds a carved line.
Texas limestone
The quiet counterweight to a monumental opening.
The founding collection
Each study uses major contour lines extracted from the City of Austin’s authoritative 2021 elevation dataset. The geometry is local. The final composition is made for the opening.
I
Walnut · aged brass
Westlake · Lake Austin
Dense nested ridges, closed elevation rings, and the open fall toward Lake Austin are translated directly from the Westlake contour study.
II
Blackened walnut · nickel silver
Austin · Lady Bird Lake
The broad lake corridor, irregular banks, and denser terrain to the south remain visible in the carved Lady Bird Lake geometry.
III
Living bronze · mineral patina
Lakeway · Lake Travis
Compact bluff rings, branching contours, and abrupt changes in density make the Lake Travis elevation unmistakable.
Data provenance · City of Austin ELEVATION_contours_2021, derived from TNRIS LiDAR collected in March 2021. Concept graphics use public major-contour extracts in WGS 84. Final commissions require a project-specific survey and architectural verification.
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Collection III · The Escarpment
The entrance becomes the home’s anchor. Material, light, landscape, and architecture resolve at the threshold, completing the facade and carrying warmth through the entire house. Every person who enters gets to experience the work in the most direct way possible: by walking through it.
Concept imagery shown. Every commissioned piece is developed for its specific site and opening.
From land to threshold
Choose the water, ridge, property, or stretch of land that holds meaning.
Translate verified contour geometry into a balanced surface made for the door’s proportions.
Resolve scale, weight, pivot hardware, climate exposure, and the architect’s opening details.
Carve, finish, fit, and refine until the piece reads as both art and architecture.
Tables of place
Three local landscapes become three distinct pieces of functional art. Each table preserves verified contour geometry beneath a perfectly level, crystal-clear resin surface made for everyday use.
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I
Westlake · Lake Austin
An oval walnut dining table with Westlake terraces and a brass waterline preserved beneath a perfectly level clear-resin surface.
II
Austin · Lady Bird Lake
A long blackened-walnut table preserving the broad lake corridor and silver contours beneath a seamless satin-polished resin plane.
III
Lakeway · Lake Travis
A round living-bronze table with Lake Travis bluff rings suspended beneath clear resin on a faceted Texas-limestone pedestal.
The studio
Eric Farewell · Founder
Eric is an Austin-based founder, author, and lifelong appreciator of art. He sees the door as the first story a home tells, and the Hill Country as a visual language worth honoring with precision.
Kovid Mathur · Artisan & engineer
Kovid is the artisan and engineer behind the doors and tables. His work brings together material intelligence, structural thinking, and the patient hand required to turn contour into form.
Thirty Ninety-Seven is their shared exploration of what happens when local land, art, and exacting engineering meet at the entrance to a remarkable home.
Private commissions · Austin
Tell us about the home, the opening, and the part of Central Texas you want the piece to remember.