The Boulder Retreat is located adjacent to a ski resort in Wyoming. The owners? program called for a modest but expandable residential program to be interpreted in an architectural language that is abstract rather than literal in referencing the ubiquitous ?western log cabin?.

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Architects: Carney Logan Burke Architects

Location: Wyoming, United States

Project Team: Eric Logan, Jeff Lawrence, Jen Mei, Monica DeGraffenreid, Anna Foster

Contractor: Dembergh Construction

Area: 4800.0 ft2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Matthew Millman

© Matthew Millman

The Boulder Retreat is located adjacent to a ski resort in Wyoming. The owners? program called for a modest but expandable residential program to be interpreted in an architectural language that is abstract rather than literal in referencing the ubiquitous ?western log cabin?.
© Matthew Millman

© Matthew Millman

© Matthew Millman

The site?s limited buildable area and the clients? desire for minimal impact on the landscape required a small footprint for the building. This constraint, together with specifications of the owners? program, pushed the living areas of the house onto an upper floor and into the canopy of trees, creating an upside-down version of a traditional house...