Circling: following a lake’s perimeter and adhering closely to the shoreline while tracing the curve of bays and the tips of promontories. This way of kayaking a large body of water captivates me. Circling something truly marvelous and ending back where I started has answered...
ARCHITECTURE | KIRK MICHELS ARCHITECTS CONSTRUCTION | BLUE RIBBON BUILDERS INTERIOR DESIGN | ELEVATION ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS As an avid fly fisherman and skier, a homeowner found his home away from home in Big Sky, Montana. He spent a lot of his free time in Big Sky and...
Mountain biking promises freedom and escape, but most rides are confined to a dirt strip just wide enough for two tires. While I love the feeling of cruising fast remote singletrack, what really obsesses me is freeriding: descending an open face where the trail is...
ARCHITECTURE | Farmer Payne Architects CONSTRUCTION | New West Building Company DEVELOPMENT & INTERIOR DESIGN | The Jackson Home Company When the future owners of a home on Trader Road in Jackson, Wyoming step outside their door, they’ll see the natural beauty the land offers from a bird’s-eye...
ARCHITECTURE | Locati Architects CONSTRUCTION | Schlauch Bottcher Construction INTERIOR DESIGN | DeLeo & Fletcher Design When asked about the inspiration for this elegant alpine retreat, architect Steve Locati doesn’t hesitate, summing it up in a single word: “Family.” The Montana property was designed by Locati Architects and built...
ARCHITECTURE | Ward | Blake Architects CONSTRUCTION | Ormond Builders Rammed-earth construction has taken on various iterations, long serving to shelter humans across the globe. Despite its popularity through the ages, it is seldom seen in the Northwest. But architect Tom Ward of the Jackson, Wyoming firm...
ARCHITECTURE | Reid Smith Architects CONSTRUCTION | Teton Heritage Builders INTERIOR DESIGN | Decorators Unlimited Where the Gallatin Range of southwest Montana anchors an open-ended sky, a house built into the side of a mountain is the meeting of the structural and sublime. Roaming Bear, a six-bedroom home...
ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN | O’Neill Rose Architects CONSTRUCTION | OSM Construction At first glance, the almost 9,000-square-foot home on the Moonlight Basin side of Montana’s Big Sky Resort appears uncompromisingly futuristic for a rugged location seemingly more accustomed to rustic cabins or contemporary barnwood-clad mountain lodges....
ARCHITECTURE | Miller | Roodell Architects CONSTRUCTION | North Fork Builders INTERIOR DESIGN | Design Associates Bringing a historic building back to life takes insight, inspiration, and imagination. Luckily for the Lovelace building on Main Street in Bozeman, Montana, the team that completed its recent renovation had all...
DESIGN | Hub City Productions CONSTRUCTION | Malmquist Construction INTERIOR DESIGN | Cooke Interiors Studio STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING | Eclipse Engineering LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | Northwest Design Studio When Travis and Stephanie Hollman set out to build their home in Whitefish, Montana, their primary goal was simple: “We were looking for a place...