About
What Austin Cribs is
An independent, editorial field guide to the city's homes and the way they're built.
What this site covers
Austin Cribs reads the city through its houses. We write about residential architecture — the Victorian downtown blocks, the Craftsman bungalow belt, the historic districts, the post-war ranch, and the modern Austin vernacular of metal, cedar, and glass. The focus is the buildings and the styles: where they came from, what they're made of, and why the streets look the way they do.
How we work
Everything here is original and editorial, written in our own words. We cover public landmarks, documented historic districts, and architectural styles anyone can see from the sidewalk. We do not publish private residents' homes, names, or addresses, and we don't traffic in gossip about who lives where. Photography is Creative Commons or public domain, sourced from Wikimedia Commons and credited on every image.
No pop-ups, no paywalls, no autoplay. Just clear writing and good pictures of good houses.
Who publishes this
Austin Cribs is part of the WholeTech Network, an independent Austin, Texas publisher that has been building websites since 1996. The network spans more than 100 sites, each focused on a single subject, all run from a single server.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or a landmark we should write about: wholetechtexas@gmail.com.
The WholeTech Network
This is one of the Austin-focused sites in the network, alongside Austin Home Searches, Austin Retire, and Austin Hangout. See the full list at wholetech.com. Every WholeTech site is built Agents First — machine-readable as well as human-readable.