Designed in 2018 by Carney Logan Burke Architects, this minimalist single family house is located in Jackson, Wyoming, United States.

Description by Carney Logan Burke Architects
A quiet 18-acre meadow lot boasting 360-degree views of ranchlands, foothills and Glory Peak just outside Jackson, Wyoming, proved the perfect site for a Pennsylvania couples? first foray into regionally appropriate modernism. Carney Logan Burke was the natural choice as architect, given the owners? interest in site-specific minimalism, as well as their desire to engage in a collaborative design process.
The 3,500-square-foot residence combines simplicity with interest. The design references its agrarian surroundings and is based on the concept of a dogtrot barn, two separate but connected forms. The long (160? x 37?) rectangular residence is connected to a separate garage structure by a three-foot thick roof. There, a large central cutout lightens the mass, creates a focal point and causes a dynamic play of light upon the correspondingly scaled planter below it. The roof of the main structure is asymmetrically gabled. This modern take on the barn lends energy and opens up the interiors toward the primary views. Although the house is one gabled form, protected outdoor spaces are carved out of the main volume and extended on either end, where perforated siding adds texture and provides covered porches with privacy and protection from the elements. Throughout, materiality is minim...