Sidetracked Studio is a full service architecture firm founded on the idea of overlap, realizing that architecture and design are far richer when they move outside their own parameters and allow themselves to be influenced by the world around them.
As a firm, we believe good design comes from inspired collaboration. Each project presents a unique set of opportunities that allow us to develop a creative solution that maintains our client's intentions and budget.
We understand that inspired design comes from weaving our client's personal style with what is inherently good about their site or space.
Norma Yancey, AIA - Principal
Born and raised in small town Arkansas, Norma came to Austin by way of St. Louis, MO where she received her Masters in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.
Her work is driven by an optimistic outlook and a desire to provide designs that are appropriate and uniquely valuable to each client.
In addition to her architectural practice, she is an award-winning artist with notable public art installations "Seeing Times Are Not Hidden" and "Thirst" which received the Artistic Innovation & Collaboration grant from the Rauschenberg Foundation.
Before starting Sidetracked, she worked as an architect for Clayton&Little Architects and Baldridge Architects in Austin, TX.
Drew Wilson, AIA - Project Architect
Drew is drawn to the collaborative nature of designing residential projects. He enjoys the process of getting to know clients and how they experience their daily life, and then helping them define the architecture that uniquely works for them. He appreciates a calm aesthetic that allows the sensory qualities of an environment to become the focal point. To him, design should elevate your mood and make you feel good, and you might not be able to easily explain why.
Before joining the Sidetracked team, he completed a residency at Marmol Radziner in Los Angeles and was a project architect at
Furman + Keil Architects in Austin for several years.
Sunny Schneberger - Project Designer
Sunny joined Norma at Sidetracked Studio in 2018. Before that, she worked at Olson Kundig in Seattle WA and Andersson Wise Architects in Austin TX. Originally, she moved to Austin to get her Masters in Architecture from UT Austin, and loved it so much that she’s stayed now for over a decade. Early on in her tenure at Sidetracked, Norma and Sunny partnered on “Light House,” a public light art installation that was part of the 2019 Creek Show at Waterloo Greenway.
Sunny’s primary focus is residential projects because she loves how meaningful the projects are to her clients, and she loves shaping homes they will enjoy with their families for years. As a bonus,
the work feels new every day since each house is as different as
each client.
In general, she loves architecture that connects us to nature, both through the daily rhythms of life, but also through materials, light, and texture–particularly plaster, wood, handmade tile, and stone. She is particularly inspired by the architecture in Morocco, Mexico, Japan, and New Zealand.
Architecture Photography by Molly Winters (www.mollywintersphotography.com).
Portraits by Whit McGuire (https://whitmcguire.com/)