Allison Burke Interior Design

Our studio was founded in 2013 by Allison Burke, who brings more than 25 years of experience to the work. A graduate of the UT Austin School of Architecture, she trained across both disciplines at Nicole Hollis, Michael Hsu Office of Architecture and Marmol Radziner, and that background still shapes how we design. We begin every project with plans and sections, long before finishes. Before we select a single material, we study how a room’s volume, ceiling height, light and circulation work together, and we often rework walls, openings and millwork to solve proportion problems that decoration can’t. We detail every interior and produce complete coordination documentation, so the design carries through to the jobsite intact, and we’re there every step of the way.

We’re deliberately small, which keeps the work high-touch and bespoke: Allison as principal, two senior designers and an associate designer. On interior architecture renovations and ground-up homes alike, we work from the earliest phases, side by side with each project’s architect and builder. We favor durable, natural materials over trend-driven finishes, and when the right piece doesn’t exist, we draw it and bring it to life with Central Texas makers including Sawdust Studios, Rhodes Hinman and Warbach Lighting.

Since 2013, we’ve completed 45 residential projects in Austin, New York, Colorado and Rhode Island, plus four commercial projects, including Suerte, Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop and work for Westlake Dermatology. The work has earned an IIDA Best Large Residence award, an AIA Austin Honor Award and a place on the Luxe Gold List, and Architectural Digest has named Allison a top Austin interior designer. It has also appeared in Interior Design, Dwell, Luxe, Milieu, The Local Project and Austin Home. Through Austin’s rapid growth, we’ve shown that modern homes can feel warm and rooted in place.