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Middle-Income Housing Community Breaks Ground in Colorado’s Vail Valley. Seeking an attainable residential-community solution on a rustic parcel near prominent Colorado ski resorts, developer Peritus Ventures teamed with design firm McIntosh Poris Architects to research viable options for workforce housing.
Written by
Tom Morr
Photography
McIntosh Poris Architects
In the design of this project, the client asked us to design the Arc House 1, But we designed a new plan for him according to his wishes and the needs of the project context. So that two boxes with an arched roof protrude between hard and rigid stones at two different height levels and each of them looks to different direction from each other, the...
Project name
Arc House 2
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Location
Colorado, Canada
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
The A-Frame Club is a new hotel brand that takes design cues from 1970s American ski culture and the iconic A-frame cabins of that era. The first Club consists of 31 newly-constructed cabins along with a bar and restaurant in a historic saloon building in Winter Park, Colorado.
Project name
A-Frame Club
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Winter Park, Colorado, USA
Photography
Stephan Werk, Kylie Fitts
In designing a custom home, the architect and client bring something unique to the process and outcome. This relationship is most effective when the architect listens and understands the client’s needs and vice versa to translate into the final design. What was unique about this design and ultimate build was that the clients came to Pedersen Archit...
Project name
Shadow Box
Architecture firm
Jess Pedersen Architecture Inc.
Location
Carbondale, Colorado, USA
Photography
Brent Moss Photography
In this commission, the clients hired Jess Pedersen Architecture to design a Scandinavian residence in a subdivision that was in the process of changing its guidelines from a traditional mountain log-lodge theme to a contemporary alpine mountain. The lot was an airy, treeless meadow along the Roaring Fork River covered with rhythmic native grasses
Project name
Genius Loci
Architecture firm
Jess Pedersen Architecture
Location
Missouri Heights, Carbondale, Colorado, USA
Photography
Jesse Newman @ Trick Pony
In the heart of the Rocky Mountains, amidst one of Colorado's most unspoilt landscapes, a villa for three generations takes shape. For this project, noa* network of architecture reinterprets the iconic A- frame typology and turns it into a sophisticated sequence of private and communal spaces, where the whole family's needs can be accommodated.
Project name
Colorado Villa
Architecture firm
noa* network of architecture
Location
Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA
Perched on the hillside, with panoramic views of Snowmass Mountain, the Owl Creek residence was built on the idea that a physical place can deepen the connections between friends, families and the natural world.
Project name
Owl Creek Ski House
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Snowmass, Colorado, USA
Photography
Robert Reck, Stephen Miller, Jeremy Bittermann
The Rocky Mountain House #1 is a 2000 square feet Nordic style house with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths located in the outskirts of Carbodale, Colorado. A creek front property with a bird sanctuary in the backyard. A sustainable home which explores a new way of living with smaller spaces and the idea of economic sustainability.
Project name
Rocky Mountain House #1 (Tiscornia Residence)
Architecture firm
Forma Arquitectura
Location
Carbondale, Colorado, United States
Photography
Dylan Brown