Estudio Ricardo Torres
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Housing & Community Development
Up & Down
Maplewood Group
La Pulga
FM900
Unity Manufacturing
High-Rise Apartment Combination
Taco Heads
Rosy’s
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© Estudio Ricardo Torres, 2025
00. E—    RT is a Dallas / New York practice working at the intersection of architecture and interiors.  We shape clear, considered work from layered contexts and complex constraints.  Projects span adaptive reuse and the public realm to ground-up residential, hospitality, and cultural work across rural landscapes and dense urban neighborhoods.  What may appear simple is the product of sweat, stacks of sketchbooks, and more than a few sleepless nights, resolving into analysis, precise planning, deliberate detail, and, yes, a happy client.  

We work directly with engineers, fabricators, and makers to draw on the expertise that drives every decision, technically, spatially, and materially.  When the scope demands it, our work stretches from siting to architecture and interiors to custom furniture, ensuring that each project is fully grounded in context and suspended over time. Regenerative strategies and high-performance criteria aren’t side notes but woven into the design arc from the jump.  Each commission is tuned to its setting and to the lives that will unfold there, seeking clarity in daily use and a character that grows richer with time.

And while much of the design world chases whatever trend is loudest that year, we prefer another route. Rather than amplify the noise of beige design trends, we pursue a quieter rigor, spaces that carry their weight over time; in use, in memory, and in place.  Design that reflects you.  Not Instagram.  (But please follow, like and subscribe!)

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02.Housing & Community Development

Affordable Housing Institute
Architecture / Interiors
Dallas, Texas Single-Family Residential 

South Dallas
800-1,200 SF 
Ongoing
This study looks at affordable housing in South Dallas beginning with what the city often leaves behind, discarded and donated building materials.  The goal is ambitious but straightforward. Stretch every dollar while creating homes that carry dignity, resilience, and long-term value.  Since 2023, the studio has studied and identified potential supply chains through material recovery programs, demolition crews, and local suppliers to see how overlooked resources can be reimagined as permanent housing.  

Dallas continues to face serious housing pressures. Evictions remain among the highest in the country, the unhoused population is rising, and durable affordable options are scarce.  The study responds with a replicable prototype that turns salvage and surplus into the foundation for permanent communities. The aim is to be resourceful, resilient, and dignified in both design and delivery.
1/11      Prototype Axonometric: Linear Gable Model
2/11      Linear Gable Model: Streetscape, Perspective
3/11      Linear Gable Model:  Backyard Hearth, Perspective
4/11      Linear Gable Model:  Interior Kitchen, Perspective
5/11      Linear Gable Model:  Great Room, Section Perspective
6/11      Linear Gable Model:  Primary Bathroom, Axonometric
Interior Elevation - Powder
Axonometric “L” Model  
Exterior Street Perspective
Interior Section Perspective - Kitchen
Kids Bedroom Perspective