Press kit · 10.2026

Cast concrete fountains, courtyards and shrine platforms. San Antonio & the Texas Hill Country.

Noon designs and builds cast concrete fountains, basins, courtyards and shrine platforms in San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country. One small practice draws the geometry, builds the forms and pours the concrete with its own crew. Build what you hold sacred.

About Noon

Noon is a design-build practice in San Antonio making cast-in-place concrete for the ground people hold sacred: fountains, basins, courtyards, shrine platforms. The same hands draw the geometry, build the formwork and place and finish the concrete, because concrete gives one try and exactness only survives when the drawing and the pour belong to one practice.

The work sits in the Texas Hill Country and the city: a 28-foot lotus of eight cast petals, poured in one morning, as the platform of a shrine; three fountains linked by a hand-laid limestone rill, running as a closed loop on a hundred watts of sun, for a supportive senior community; a courtyard huerta planted into caliche under live oaks with nothing synthetic; a stone-lined bioswale that takes a street's storm. Commissions from $10,000. Design and construction, San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country. Hablamos español.

Build what you hold sacred.

Contact

hello@noon.bio
210-309-2684
San Antonio & the Texas Hill Country
noon.bio · @noonsystems · YouTube

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The marks

Noon mark and wordmark
Noon mark and wordmark on ink

The circumpunct and the wordmark, together or apart; never the loop alone. Credit pictures and films to Noon. Everything here is Noon's own work and is free to use with that credit.

Films

Four films

Made by Noon from its own footage

The Lotus, 1 min 16 · Towne Twin, 1 min 18 · Old World Huerta, 55 s · Same city, same idea (San Antonio 1920 → 2026), 27 s. On the project pages at noon.bio/works and on YouTube.

Shrine platform · Texas Hill Country · 2026

The Lotus

28 ft across · 8 petals · 9 yd³ · poured in one morning

A 28-foot lotus of cast-in-place concrete, built as the platform of a Shirdi Sai Baba shrine. Eight petals in two rings around the fire at the centre; each petal cast against laminated birch ribs bent on its own jig; nine cubic yards placed by chute in one morning. The set on noon.bio →

The plan as drawn: eight petals in two rings around the square plinth, the setting-out circle through the petal tips, 28'-0
The plan as drawn: eight petals in two rings around the square plinth, the setting-out circle through the petal tips, 28'-0" across. The lines carry the colours of the CAD model.3000 px
The working site plan: the platform set on the axis of the shrine, with the setting-out dimensions.
The working site plan: the platform set on the axis of the shrine, with the setting-out dimensions.1480 px
Design geometry: the eight petals set out on concentric circles and eight axes, the fire at the centre.
Design geometry: the eight petals set out on concentric circles and eight axes, the fire at the centre.1254 px
The Lotus and the shrine's pavilion on one axis, from the air.
The Lotus and the shrine's pavilion on one axis, from the air.1920 px
The Lotus from straight above: eight cast petals around the square base, pebble joints between them, under live oaks.
The Lotus from straight above: eight cast petals around the square base, pebble joints between them, under live oaks.1920 px
The centre from straight above: the plinth for the fire, the inner ring, the petals meeting at the joints.
The centre from straight above: the plinth for the fire, the inner ring, the petals meeting at the joints.1920 px
The platform seen through the live oaks.
The platform seen through the live oaks.1920 px
The platform low and wide, the pavilion's plaza at the edge.
The platform low and wide, the pavilion's plaza at the edge.1920 px
Petal tips at ground level: the cast edge and the pebble joints.
Petal tips at ground level: the cast edge and the pebble joints.1920 px
The platform in use: the fire lit on the plinth, the shrine's pavilion beyond.
The platform in use: the fire lit on the plinth, the shrine's pavilion beyond.3000 px
Pour day from above: the eight petals placed and screeded, the surface still wet, the finisher at the plinth.
Pour day from above: the eight petals placed and screeded, the surface still wet, the finisher at the plinth.1920 px
Pour day at ground level: the chute over the forms, the crew at the plinth, the shrine behind.
Pour day at ground level: the chute over the forms, the crew at the plinth, the shrine behind.3000 px
Half poured, from straight above: birch forms on one side, fresh concrete on the other.
Half poured, from straight above: birch forms on one side, fresh concrete on the other.2640 px
Nine cubic yards by chute: the truck at the edge of the site, the chute over the forms.
Nine cubic yards by chute: the truck at the edge of the site, the chute over the forms.3000 px
The forms set on the prepared ground: one family of laminated birch ribs to each petal, the mesh going in.
The forms set on the prepared ground: one family of laminated birch ribs to each petal, the mesh going in.1920 px
The plinth and the forms from straight above.
The plinth and the forms from straight above.1920 px
The ribs in the shop: laminated birch, bent to the drawing on a jig made for each curve.
The ribs in the shop: laminated birch, bent to the drawing on a jig made for each curve.3000 px
The eight petal forms laid out dry on the yard to check the figure before the haul.
The eight petal forms laid out dry on the yard to check the figure before the haul.3000 px
Courtyard huerta · Texas Hill Country · 2024–2026

Old World Huerta

20+ natives · 0 synthetics · live oak · caliche

Stone-edged terraces, low enough to kneel at, planted with natives and heritage food straight into caliche under the live oaks. Nothing synthetic, ever: compost and mulch feed the soil, the soil feeds the roots, and the roots hold through a Texas August without help. The set on noon.bio →

The courtyard gate at dusk, yuccas either side, the lanterns lit.
The courtyard gate at dusk, yuccas either side, the lanterns lit.3000 px
A daylily in the rain, the mission behind it.
A daylily in the rain, the mission behind it.1920 px
Bougainvillea, yellow bracts, against the stone wall after rain.
Bougainvillea, yellow bracts, against the stone wall after rain.1920 px
Bougainvillea, magenta, at the mission wall.
Bougainvillea, magenta, at the mission wall.1920 px
The arch to the grounds, live oaks beyond.
The arch to the grounds, live oaks beyond.3000 px
Under the live oaks: the ground kept open to their roots.
Under the live oaks: the ground kept open to their roots.3000 px
Yuccas in gravel along the wall. Nothing synthetic, nothing watered by hand.
Yuccas in gravel along the wall. Nothing synthetic, nothing watered by hand.3000 px
A yucca established in the gravel bed.
A yucca established in the gravel bed.3000 px
Salvia and gaura at the stone wall, a clay pot behind.
Salvia and gaura at the stone wall, a clay pot behind.3000 px
Bougainvillea in pots at the edge of the lawn.
Bougainvillea in pots at the edge of the lawn.3000 px
A clay pot on the flagstone, the stone-edged bed behind.
A clay pot on the flagstone, the stone-edged bed behind.3000 px
A cast concrete urn of Noon's, planted with agave, on the terrace.
A cast concrete urn of Noon's, planted with agave, on the terrace.1300 px
Golden barrel cactus on the terrace under the oak, the mission behind.
Golden barrel cactus on the terrace under the oak, the mission behind.3000 px
Grasses at dusk against the ochre wall.
Grasses at dusk against the ochre wall.2400 px
Stone-edged terraces, low enough to kneel at, planted into caliche.
Stone-edged terraces, low enough to kneel at, planted into caliche.1200 px
The live oaks lit at night.
The live oaks lit at night.3000 px
Supportive senior community · San Antonio · 2026

Towne Twin

3 fountains · closed loop · 100 W solar · 0 grid draw

Three cast concrete fountains linked by a limestone rill cut and laid by hand, running as a closed loop on 100 watts of sun. Native habitat planted at the height of a chair. Built pro bono with HFCC; the residents planted the beds. The set on noon.bio →

The court from the air: three fountains and the rill in one loop.
The court from the air: three fountains and the rill in one loop.2400 px
The solar wall: one 100-watt panel runs the whole loop.
The solar wall: one 100-watt panel runs the whole loop.2200 px
The rill in flower, blanketflower and blackfoot daisy at the height of a chair.
The rill in flower, blanketflower and blackfoot daisy at the height of a chair.2400 px
A fountain cast on site, one of three.
A fountain cast on site, one of three.2133 px
The rill running on the fall of the ground.
The rill running on the fall of the ground.1600 px
Laying the limestone rill by hand.
Laying the limestone rill by hand.2133 px
The wall at the edge of the court.
The wall at the edge of the court.2200 px
The court laid, before planting.
The court laid, before planting.2400 px
The cast fountain among the flowers.
The cast fountain among the flowers.1600 px
Casting under the oak.
Casting under the oak.2200 px
Stormwater · Alamo Heights, San Antonio · 2025

The Bioswale

13 ft of channel · ~200 gal/hr absorbed · Hill Country limestone

Not a bigger pipe. A street that flooded and then sat; the channel was cut along the curb exactly where the runoff already wanted to travel, lined in limestone, planted on the bank. It does not resist the storm. It receives it, slows it against the rock, and lets the caliche drink. The set on noon.bio →

In the storm: the channel takes the street's water and slows it against the rock.
In the storm: the channel takes the street's water and slows it against the rock.1920 px
A volunteer sunflower, one season on.
A volunteer sunflower, one season on.1700 px