How does Ceci Bates design homes to capture natural light?

Ceci Bates uses sun studies to determine optimal orientation and window placements, ensuring each home is designed to capture beautiful natural light and enhance the living experience.

What role does Roberth Jordan play in home design at Ceci Bates?

Roberth Jordan, as the architect, meticulously designs each house to align with its environment, capturing the unique light qualities of the property to enhance the home’s natural beauty.

How does Ceci Bates use sun studies in their design process?

The team conducts sun studies to understand sunlight patterns across properties, guiding architectural decisions to optimize light and maximize comfort throughout the day.

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From twenty-six years of building custom homes on Lake Texoma, here we share about our process and what we've learned about design, materials, engineering, and the decisions that shape a home built to last for generations — the questions clients ask us most often, and the answers we give around the table in our design center.

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Designing Homes to Capture the Best Light at Lake Texoma

Designing Homes to Capture the Best Light at Lake Texoma

Ceci Bates

July 10, 2026

There’s a moment on every piece of land that captivates the senses. It could be the warm glow of sunset reflecting over Lake Texoma in the late afternoon, or the gentle morning light passing through leaves on a wooded lot. These fleeting hours imprint on an owner’s memory long after other details fade. It’s why light is a cornerstone of how we design homes at Ceci Bates Custom Homes.

Roberth Jordan, our architect, approaches each project with an artist’s eye for light and landscape. On a recent hillside project overlooking Lake Texoma, he identified a northwestern vantage that transformed sunset views into an ocean of orange and pink hues across the water. Jordan crafted the home’s orientation around this feature, ensuring windows would frame the sunset at its most glorious while offering respite from the intense afternoon heat of a summer’s day. Shading solutions were incorporated to allow the home to bask in evening hues yet remain cool during harsher sun hours.

Such precision is no coincidence but rather the result of a detailed sun study, initiated before pencil meets paper. This analysis reveals the sun’s path over the property across seasons, informing critical decisions about window placements, room locations, and structural angles. Every home we design at Ceci Bates embraces this philosophy — the light becomes part of the fabric of the building.

A home that celebrates the land’s natural rhythms grants its owner daily rewards. These moments are felt deeply yet can be hard to convey. To explore deeper into how we integrate natural light into our designs, visit us at cecibates.com. We are always glad to discuss your vision.

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