House In Rockscape

Client: Private Residence, Boulder, CO

The “House in Rockscape” is an experience of rock, sky and distant vistas.  It is both a sanctuary and an atmospheric observatory.  As home for a couple, a scientist and a fiber artist, it is a blending of technology and art, masculine and feminine, earth and sky. The site, located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, is a spectacular geological event.  Just as a lizard suns itself on a rock, the house was envisioned as an organism touching down lightly in the granite pile.  The house is built on piers anchored to a granite outcropping, with mechanical systems contained in the underbelly, in order to avoid standard excavation that would have disturbed the surrounding ecology. The house is open and flowing, encouraging indoor - outdoor relationships.  This natural flow is accentuated with spatial relationships that allow the imagination to soar from this dreamy perch.