ONE AUTUMN DAY, I WAS SITTING ON A RIDGE in the foothills of the Alaska Range glassing for caribou when I spotted a strange, dark form scampering across the tundra a hundred yards away. Despite my familiarity with wildlife in Alaska, I’d never seen anything...
PERCHED AT 8,300 FEET ON ANDESITE MOUNTAIN in Big Sky, Montana, and looking south toward Gallatin Canyon, “Broadside Sol,” as the architects dubbed it, offers a busy family of five the best of both worlds: easy access to world-class skiing and abundant sunshine. “Standing on the...
EMOTION. THAT’S NOT A WORD ONE EXPECTS to hear from the mouth of a builder while describing his work, but emotion — as in passion — is a key element of Jody Marler’s business ethos at Fishcamp Custom based in Livingston, Montana. As a result...
IT’S ONE THING TO CREATE A COMPOUND ON THE SPRAWLING acreage of a ranch. But it’s quite another to create a compound-like setting on a site that sits at the edge of a golf course. However, says John Lauman, of JLF Architects, in this case,...
MANY THINGS BECOME MORE BEAUTIFUL AFTER they break: a flat expanse of winter’s ice, for example, when it cracks in deference to spring’s welcomed warmth; or a song when its familiar verse-chorus-verse pattern is broken by a bridge. A new home nestled in Bozeman, Montana’s...
WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BUILD IN THE SMALL TOWN OF HAMILTON, Montana, 15 years ago, a busy couple — who split their time between Florida and Chicago — had to do most of the work with the local builder and interior designer from afar. Located...
ONE OF THE MASTERS OF WILDLIFE ART IN THE U.S. once suggested that Northwest Wyoming is an area of angles born of elevation, aridity, and the sun’s illumination. So it was an elegant accomplishment when the combined genius of architects, builders, landscape designers, and homeowners...
“FOR ME, THIS HOUSE — MORE THAN ANY HOUSE I’VE DONE — this is the one I tell people that I would love to have the problem of standing in that kitchen and doing the dishes,” says architect Kyle Tage. “I would do dishes every...
“WE WANTED A FAMILY RETREAT THAT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH to our permanent place in Bozeman so we could get there often, yet far enough to feel like we were away,” says the owner of a new lakeside house that he, his wife of 30 years,...
WHEN ANDREW BRECHBUHLER FIRST GLIMPSED THE SITE FOR THE KLANN family’s home in Bozeman, Montana, he immediately knew this project was destined to take full advantage of the stunning views. “Our approach is always to design for the site,” says Brechbuhler, principal architect at Brechbuhler...