Sited in a large grassy slope, this house sits at the end of the spectacular Telluride box canyon. With intimate views of Bridal Veil Falls surrounded by towering mountain peaks, the design challenge was to match the power of place.

The house is laid out much like one would walk the site, with rooms diagonally progressing up the slope from communal areas below to the home’s private zones above. These spaces are connected by a rising hallway that functions as a galleria. This corridor acts to unify the individual spaces creating a sense of the whole, as well as becoming its own place for the display of art. Its form transitions from wide to narrow creating a forced perspective. With view points and objects of interest along the way, the hallway’s convergence is also a playful use of space in and of itself.

The interior spaces are balanced between large glass walls facing the head of the valley to the south coupled with smaller walls and intimate spaces to the north. Large eave overhangs protect the view glass from overheating and provide shelter from winter’s snowfall on the outside decks. This gives the interior spaces a feeling of shelter and protection while remaining fully opened to the site’s magnificent setting.