Birkenstock General Store – Strand
San Antonio, Texas PublicationsSan Antonio Women, 2008 The Birkenstock General Stores, located in San Antonio, Texas are a series of independent retail stores that focus on goods that promote more healthy lifestyles. I support of this goal each store’s interior design provides more than efficient hardware to display merchandise. They become educators of green design […]
Birkenstock General Store – River Center
San Antonio, Texas The Birkenstock General Stores, located in San Antonio, Texas are a series of independent retail stores that focus on goods that promote more healthy lifestyles. I support of this goal each store’s interior design provides more than efficient hardware to display merchandise. They become educators of green design to their clientele by […]
Montana Pre-Fab
Park County, Montana This simple pre-fabricated house was conceived to perform with ultimate minimal impact on its landscape. Two volumes provide separation of public from private spaces with a large covered outdoor space for al-fresco living between. The two volumes are designed to be fully fabricated off-site and brought in and set upon removable helical […]
Dialogue: Design, Construction & the Natural Environment
Park County, Montana These two small design / build structures were undertaken as an initial hands- on exploration to become sensitized to the environment of the Montana, a the same time learning about sustainable building methods and materials in the area. All Projects
Clyde Park House
Clyde Park, Montana Publications:Off the Grid The seasonal changes in the northern rockies can be dynamic and extreme making an energy conscious house that also incorporates large views to surrounding mountains a challenge. The Clyde Park residence incorporates a straw bale stick-frame hybrid construction method to create a super insulated home that also incorporates large […]
Flathead Pass
Park County, Montana Stunning views of the distant Bridger Mountain Range and a small pond in the immediate landscape provide the context for this residence’s situation in the landscape. The house becomes the middle ground of experience for it’s inhabitants placing them in immediate and intimate relation to this wild and dynamic place. A large […]
Deep Creek
Park County, Montana Publications:Organic Style Awards:Green House of the Year, Organic Style This small open-plan house was specifically designed to respond to its client’s whimsical lifestyle. An “endless” pool in the primary living space provides opportunity for daily exercise while also lending a “tropical” sensibility to the rocky mountain context. Large, movable bookcases allow the […]
Paradise
Park County, Montana Publications:Western Interiors and DesignMountain LivingCasamicaBig Sky JournalThe House You Build A first foray into sustainable design, this house, studio and garage were born from a commitment to being a better steward for the earth, along with a constrained budget. From a distance, the trio forms another simple series of rural buildings on […]
Outside-In House
Livingston, Montana Publications:Off the Grid HomesResidential ArchitectWestern Interiors and DesignOutside Magazine of it’s grassland landscape to minimize it’s visual impact in the larger environment, while gaining mesmerizing views of the Absaroka mountains to the East. An over warn cattle feeding ground serves as the house site minimizing additional impact on the sensitive grassland. The linear […]