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In our client's words: We have owned nine homes in our 25-year marriage and we recently spent some time reviewing them.  Of all of these homes, our Trilogy home In Breckenridge has been the one that feels most like home.  It is unique and distinctive and totally livable for the two of us while three [...]

Caleb’s Journey is a hybrid timber frame home that was designed to look like it had been on the site for decades. This rustic mountain home near Breckenridge ski area features chinked log siding, 150 year old vertical board and batten redwood and wavy-edged clapboard that create a vintage look on the exterior. Parade of [...]

The Netherlands might have lost the final game of the World Cup to Spain, but they are winning in terms of sustainable architecture.  Architecture firms RAU and Powerhouse Company, based in the Netherlands, have designed a “super-efficient” luxury hotel for Amsterdam that is powered by one thing the city has lots of- water. According to […]

Building homes that use sustainable building techniques has become sort of our mantra. We often use reclaimed materials like a timber bridge from Utah, recycled ski lift cables or carpeting.  We love being able to outfit new construction with a bit of the past, especially something that is indigenous to the region we are building […]

Renowned architect Daniel Libeskind has stepped into the prefab arena with the launch of his “Libeskind Villa” in Germany.  Prefabrication, the assembly of buildings off site, has typically been associated with mass production, yet there will be only 30 of these homes built. Libeskind’s villas are taking prefab to a whole new level.  Marketed more […]

Vanity Fair asked 52 of the world’s experts in architecture the following two questions: “What are the five most important buildings, bridges, or monuments constructed since 1980 and what is the greatest work of architecture thus far in the 21st century?” Some of the noted experts included Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Steven Holl, Daniel Libeskind […]

We wrote in our post about Building in Colorado that it’s hard not to be inspired by our surroundings.  I think that Spanish architects Cadaval & Solà-Morales feel the same way about this house they built nestled in the heart of the Spanish Pyrenees.  Take a look at this incredible home located on top of […]

A major addition is in the works for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado.  The new building will cover nearly 175,000 square feet and will make up nearly a third of NREL, it will also add 24 labs and up to 250 jobs.   The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is the U.S. Department […]

On January 12, 2010 an earthquake hit Haiti and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes affecting the lives over 1.5 million of its population.  Last week the Republic of Haiti unveiled a design competition unlike any other.  “Building Back Better Communities” invites architects and builders from around the world to compete in a two part […]