02/11/2026
The Mountain House
Three discreetly connected volumes step into and along a steep slope to retain the hillside, shape landform, and frame outdoor spaces. Distant mountain views are beautiful and abundant, but a private courtyard is the project’s heart —a lush native landscape of boulders and aspen trees framed by buildings and porches and walls that hold an intimate and protected space for social gathering, or a plunge in the compact pool.
Designed for a large family and their circle, the Mountain House is about an active lifestyle, and the design supports a range of social habitation as well as skiing, hiking, and biking. The project is anchored by a lodge of living space and the primary suite that can lived in independently of the house’s other two pavilions that host guest bedrooms, secondary living spaces and support spaces.
High altitude snow and sun can be punishing on buildings so the exterior is built to wear in, not out: the high-performance envelope is clad in weathering cedar and hot-rolled steel panels that will develop a living patina, settling the house deeper into its site over time.
Landscape Architect: Design Workshop
Interior Design: Maura O’Malley Interiors
Construction : Alpine Mountain Builders
Structural Engineer: Anthem Structural Engineers
Photography : Brandon Huttenlocher
