A log cabin sits at the entrance to the headquarters of Peachey Construction near Montana’s Canyon Ferry Lake. At first glance, you’d swear that it’s one of those 200-year-old, adze-hewn structures that someone dismantled back East and had shipped out here for its reclaimed charm,...
Buffalo Hunt Armoire by skyhorse saddles + hughes woodworks This joint venture between Durango, Colorado-based master saddle makers and leather artists Lisa and Loren Skyhorse, and Huson, Montana-based master woodworker Shane Hughes, is the epitome of one-of-a-kind. The collaboration, which took place over the course of...
If there’s a common theme that’s become firmly established in today’s mountain architecture, at least in this part of the Rocky Mountain West, it has to be windows. Whether appearing in homes with more rustic and traditional sensibilities, or in those that are contemporary and...
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...