Salt Lake City architecture studio Imbue Design has built a house outside Zion National Park in Utah with sweeping views of one of the USA's most renowned landscapes.
The Watchman Cabin was completed collaboratively with a nature-loving client who was "captivated" by the area's natural surroundings after visiting. Located in Springdale, the site is near the entrance to the Zion National Park, which is famed for its dramatic rock formations and rugged scenery.
Imbue Design built the house outside Zion National Park
"All around the Watchman Cabin's site rise massive stone megaliths that are the handiwork of water and wind and 150 million years of deposition," explained Imbue Design.
"The client requested that Imbue empathetically design a retreat that would harmonise with its unique environment, capture the essence of the place, and resonate with his deliberate nature," the studio added. The cabin sits against the Utah landscape
The home is sited at the foot of a hill and divided into three volumes that encompass 1,900 square feet (177 square metres).
These include a garage, a main residence, and a standalone guesthouse with its own kitchen and a small living room.
Floor-to-ceiling glazing faces the dramatic views
Each room is connected by covered, but unenclosed walkways.
"All three are threaded together by a CMU [concrete masonry unit ? also known as breezeblocks] retaining wall and organised about a central connecting courtyard for gather...