April 2015, PPL Montana shut down its Corette Power Plant, an eyesore that was one of the first sites to greet people driving into the city of Billings from the east. A few months later, a local organization I’m involved with — the Yellowstone Valley...
In the summer of 1974, a senior theater major from Montana State University (MSU) named John Hosking signed on to be part of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks’ first full tour across the state. The troupe traveled to 20 locations, performing The Taming of the...
Migrating flocks of northbound geese overhead. Retreating snowlines and the first blush of green on the hillsides. Newborn calves in the fields. Not long ago, those were the Bozeman area’s reliable signs of spring, assuring us that we had survived yet another cold Montana winter. [caption...
Architecture Miller | Roodell Architects Construction Bolton Custom Homes Interior Design Abby Hetherington Interiors Standing on a property surrounded by a number of mountain ranges, one might think the impetus for building there would be what’s found outside the windows. But for this home in Gallatin Gateway, Montana — located between...
Architecture CLB Architects Construction Robert Strohmenger Construction Interior Design SWC Interiors Landscape Architecture Agrostis In art, a small painting that exhibits transformational use of light and shadow, lines, color, and expressive detail is frequently referred to as a gem. In northwest Wyoming, a modest-sized house bracketed by the monumental outlines of the Teton...
Architecture MMW Architects Construction JM Moran & Company Interior Design Kibler & Kirch Every now and then, a design defies definition. That’s certainly the case with a home that sits on a corner lot, surrounded by 100-plus-year-old architectural gems, in Missoula, Montana’s University District. And the unique location was not lost...
Architecture Locati Architects Construction Schlauch Bottcher Construction Interior Design Locati Interiors Landscape architecture Doepker Landscaping Overlooking a lake off of a quiet road in northwest Montana is a home that connects a family to the surrounding alpine environment and settles into place among the old-growth trees along the shoreline. The property has been a...
Architecture Cushing Terrell Construction Garber Construction A young political science major becomes interested in Montana politics, travels there to research her thesis, and ends up falling in love with Big Sky Country. Years later, when she visits the Bitterroot Valley with her husband, he falls just as hard. Soon,...
Architecture Mt. Ararat Design Construction Bear Mountain Builders Interior Design Hunter & Company When a Southern California couple with four children began searching for the second home they’d been dreaming of in Montana, little did they know that the very residence they’d imagined awaited them just outside of Whitefish some eight...
Architecture Mark Weirich Architect Construction Blue Ribbon Builders When Lauren Quackenbush set out to design her Big Sky, Montana residence, she knew she wanted to create a bright, airy, colorful place where her family and friends would love to gather. Splitting her time between Orlando, Florida and this mountain...