Hill Country House
Welfare, Texas The expression of this residence draws from the locally available limestone. Heavy walls of stone set in the old Spanish Mission manner provide a super insulated enclosure. A series of simple Gable roofs extend over deep porches blocking sun from penetrating the homes’s interior and extending outside living in a place that has […]
Bear Creek Studio
Bozeman, Montana This small modern guest house is designed to work for many uses, adjacent to the main house, but set off to create its own sense of being in the landscape looking toward Bear Creek. 660 SF with a sleeping loft above the bathroom, the guest house can provide sleeping space for 4 people. […]
Yellowstone River House
Park County, Montana Typical of so many rural farm homes in Montana, this house had many additions over its life-time. An original log cabin was still in use as the main living space, stacked 2×4 walls that looked like butcher block turned on its side made up the auxiliary rooms for pantry and storage […]
Bear Canyon House
Bozeman, Montana This 1967 modern house was designed in a Breueresque style, with a split level. The upstairs included all living and two bedrooms that had not been remodeled since constructed. Downstairs has two bedrooms, one bath and a large studio space. To bring the house up to date the top floor was completely reworked, […]
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 […]
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 […]