This house is on a 2.6 acres western sloping site in a second-growth redwood forest with a substantial meadow, a few dilapidated structures, and a fruit orchard. This project is comprised of two wings, a main house, and a bath house. Totaling 3011 square feet, the building contains a cook’s kitchen, home office, yoga room, guest bedroom, screen porch, and sauna surrounding an edible garden.

Designed and built as a dynamic community hub and resource center, the collective concept of the new Missoula Public Library is a national model for the transformational future of libraries. It is an innovative, multi-use space that houses the library along with four prominent community organizations – Missoula Community Access Television (MCAT), University of Montana’s spectrUM Science Center, University of Montana’s Living Lab, and the Families First Learning Lab.

The most-loved building on the UC Riverside campus is an old horse barn that was part of a historic citrus station that pre-dated the University. Although damaged by fire and much altered over the years, Barn Dining’s quirky truss system and horse stall booths had enough historical value to establish the compound as a campus landmark. Besides Barn Dining, two other buildings remained from the original compound: Barn Stable and Barn Theater. Smaller than Barn Dining and in poor condition, the Barn Theater was used by the music and dance departments while Barn Stable was just used for storage. Nevertheless, the buildings as a compound had historic value and a vocal constituency that wanted them saved.

The Forest Service needed to consolidate multiple rural offices into a single new facility to improve efficiency and internal collaboration and to provide a centralized public access point. Located in remote Kamiah, Idaho, the existing office was built in the 1940s and could house only a fraction of its employees, with most crowded into basement workstations with little daylight access. The new building would provide a variety of flexible, daylit workspaces to sustain a continually evolving organization. It also had to be seen as approachable and to fit with its residential neighborhood while conveying the client’s identity: the building had to tell a story of innovation in wood technology and the Forest Service’s mission of caring for the land and serving people.

Situated in the heart of Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana, this mountain retreat rises into the dense fir and pine trees, offering a close connection to the natural environment for the owner family. The resulting 7,500-square-foot home brings family members closer to one another and to the forests and lakes of Big Sky, which are framed by interior and exterior spaces across the home’s two levels. A launchpad for their many outdoor recreation activities, including skiing, fishing, and hiking, the home is a framework for the family through which connect to nature, and to one another.

This year-round home for a family of four is situated on a grassy hillside just five minutes from downtown Missoula. The home is composed of three distinct gable roofed volumes connected by a glass entry hall. Each volume holds a distinct function and is positioned to capture and frame incredible views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. Though quite visible from the neighborhood below and the popular hiking trails on the hillsides above, the clients wanted the home to have an understated presence on the land. By camouflaging the home while opening up to the massive views the design achieves a comfortable balance of prospect and refuge.

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