ABOUT ALLISON BURKE INTERIOR DESIGN
ALLISON BURKE
PRINCIPAL
Allison Burke is the founder and principal of an Austin interior architecture and design studio. A graduate of the UT Austin School of Architecture, she trained at Nicole Hollis, Marmol Radziner and Michael Hsu before opening her own practice in 2013. Over 25 years she has shaped dozens of multi-million-dollar homes and boutique commercial spaces from the ground up, working hand in hand with architects and builders. Her studio details every interior and produces complete coordination documentation, and her work has been recognized by Architectural Digest as one of Austin's best interior designers, by the IIDA with a Best Large Residence award, and by AIA Austin with an Honor Award.
Since 2013, our Austin studio has designed interiors the way architects think: from the plan out. We detail every interior, produce complete coordination documentation, work shoulder to shoulder with architects and builders, and carry a project from first sketch through installation. The result is modern, warm, enduring work, recognized by Architectural Digest, Luxe, Milieu and Dwell, and by the IIDA and AIA Austin.
Architecture-trained. Our principal trained at Nicole Hollis, Marmol Radziner and Michael Hsu, and designers on our team hold architecture degrees.
Detailed in-house. Our studio details every interior and produces complete coordination documentation.
Recognized. IIDA Best Large Residence 2026 · AIA Austin Honor Award · Architectural Digest Top Austin Interior Designer, 2023–2026.
How we work
We start with the plan: the architecture and the furniture layout, designed together for a cohesive whole. Our team details and coordinates every element, then implements it in tandem with the builder, there every step of the way. The result is a high-touch, bespoke interior architecture experience.
Our Team
ADRIANA CAMPOS MEZA
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
Adriana traded Guadalajara for Austin after earning her architecture degree at Tecnológico de Monterrey in 2017, and she dove right into managing high-end residential projects, even launching her own practice along the way. Her architectural training shapes how she reads a floor plan: through the way people actually move, live and gather. The result is soulful, layered homes that feel warm and deeply personal, because for Adriana, great design is about human connection. Away from the studio, you'll find her exploring the outdoors, scouting her next destination or lost in a good book.
Kelsey swapped ski boots for cowboy boots when she moved from Colorado to Austin. Back there, she designed and managed more than 180 homes for one of the largest home builders in the country, experience that brings a builder's perspective to every project. She loves to blend old and new, modern living with timeless soul, and she sees interiors as a way to tell a story and stir emotion. Her love of design spills into fashion and personal styling, and off the clock she's hunting for vintage treasures, sewing, traveling, playing tennis or tucked into a great book.
KELSEY KARST
SENIOR DESIGNER
ASHLEY ONYEADOR
ASSOCIATE DESIGNEr
Ashley's design story began early, crafting tiny custom homes out of tissue boxes for her childhood miniatures. An Austin native with Nigerian roots, she went on to earn her architecture degree at USC in Los Angeles, fabricating furniture and studying abroad in Southeast Asia along the way. Back home, she built an eclectic freelance portfolio, from a New York bar to custom lighting fixtures. Ashley sees design as a tool rooted in history and context, and she cares how thoughtful spaces shape both the individual and the community. Away from the studio, she's into fashion, crochet, local art fairs and planning her next trip abroad.
Client Testimonials
As architects love working with Allison. She brings a wonderful fresh approach to the homes while aligning with, and elevating our work. I could not provide a high enough recommendation.
MURRAY LEGGE, ARCHITECT
Allison is, quite simply, the best decision we made in building our home. She has been with us through our entire design, build and move-in process and has truly been a part of every single decision along the way.
What sets Allison apart is not just how talented she is, but how she works. Allison is incredibly kind, prompt, and patient, and she and her team made what could have been an overwhelming process feel engaging and enjoyable. Allison is as humble as she is talented and we felt like she designed a house for our family and not for her portfolio. From the beginning and along the way, we had total budget transparency.
Our home would not be what it is without her. We are so thankful for Allison and her team, and cannot recommend them highly enough!
mEGAN j.
We are just finishing up our second project with Allison and her team and we continue to be thrilled with the end results.
Their thoughtfulness, when it comes to how spaces will function and feel when being used, is a huge value add. The entire interior design matched our taste and family while meeting the budget we desired. Their attention to detail and ability to see the whole picture made a typically overwhelming process feel manageable and enjoyable. We would work with Allison a third time if we had the opportunity!
jason t.
Allison and her team have been amazing to work with! We worked with her on updating some furniture in our home and redoing several rooms.
She really listened to what our vision was and made it happen! I will be recommending her to my friends and using her again. I have used designers in the past and by far this was the easiest and we love the finished project.
Amy e.
The process was collaborative, which was very important to us. At the same time I am certain that we'd have been pleased with the results had we just sat on the sideline and let them execute with minimal oversight. In particular we appreciated Allison's vision as to how to make small but very impactful changes to the layout of our historic home and really maximize its size and function. In that way (and many others) she created real value for us.