As a conservation filmmaker, I often travel to remote and unfamiliar places, but few have surprised and challenged me more than Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin. In 2021, I found myself there filming my first feature documentary, Golden Eagles: Witnesses to a Changing West, with conservation ecologist...
I’m watching claws and jaws. Snowflakes and fur are swirling through the scene, too, perfectly focused in my camera’s lens. The claws and jaws belong to a female grizzly bear. It’s snowing in late May. Two small puffs of fur, the sow’s twins, weave between...
Architecture JLF Architects Construction Big-D Signature Specialty Lumber Montana Reclaimed Lumber It’s hard to imagine a structure, no matter how elegantly designed, that can rival the staggering beauty and majesty of the Grand Tetons. When building a home near one of North America’s most iconic mountain ranges, it’s best to defer...
Construction Yellowstone Traditions Interior Design Story Street Studio In a historic district in Bozeman, Montana, a house that exudes century-old charm paired with tasteful updates makes a heartening statement: All things old can be made new again through the art of faith and the power of engineering. The Cooper Park...
Architecture E. Cobb Architects Construction Teton Heritage Builders Landscape Architecture Alchemie Emerging from an alpine slope at almost 8,600 feet in the Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana, the home dubbed “Outcrop +8,567” is an architectural event. Named to reference its elevation on the mountain, this home’s blocks and planes of...
Construction Granite Custom Homes Interior Design Abby Hetherington Interiors Landscape Architecture Field Studio Landscape Architects Bill Mayer was the first in his family to fall for Montana’s pristine trout streams during a cross-country road trip with his family in a wood-paneled station wagon in 1970. But it was his son, Andrew,...
Architecture Peter Zimmerman Architects Construction Lee Gilman Builders Interior Design Barbara Gisel Design [caption id="attachment_22890" align="aligncenter" width="526"] The kitchen is anchored by vertical stone tile that finds its counterbalance in oversized hardware on limed oak cabinets.[/caption] An architect can afford to be bold when he knows what he’s doing. But it might...
Architecture Reid Smith Architects Construction Big Sky Build Interior Design WRJ Interior Design Specialty Lumber Montana Reclaimed Lumber Poised on a ridge in the heart of the Yellowstone Club, a renowned enclave of ski-in, ski-out estates just west of Big Sky, Montana, a six-bedroom retreat created for an international couple tells a compelling...
Architecture Greg Matthews Studio Construction Lohss Construction Interior Design Urbaine Atelier After building a new home and guest house to share with family in Big Sky, Montana, what more could a couple do for their visiting children and grandchildren? How about buying a cabin on Hebgen Lake, an hour away? [caption id="attachment_23055" align="aligncenter"...
Architecture CLB Architects Construction Highline Partners Interior Design CLB Architects [caption id="attachment_22904" align="aligncenter" width="387"] The floating stairs offer a lightwell to the lower level game area and bar.[/caption] Snugged in among the lodgepole pines at Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana, a home designed by CLB Architects serves as a basecamp where...