Project Type: Custom Home
Design 2016, Completion 2018
Photography: Dane Cronin
With a stunning location beneath the Flatirons, this home has unmatched views from every room. The Great Room and Master Bedroom are on the main level, with 3 additional bedrooms below, all with views and plentiful natural light. The minimalist design includes a palette of limestone, cedar, exposed concrete, and high efficiency Alpen windows. A custom central stair extends up through an operable skylight providing access to 360 degree views on the rooftop deck.
Living and Dining Rooms
Aerial from North
Aerial from West
Master Bedroom
Outdoor Living Spaces
Spa and Firepit
Entrance Hall
View from Living
Great Room in Afternoon Light
Great Room at Night
Hidden Wetbar
Stair Detail
Master Bedroom
Master Closet
Stairway to Roof Deck Through Skylight
Roof Deck Views
Main Level Plan
Project Type: Custom Home
Design 2020, Completion 2023
Photography: Dane Cronin
A 5,500 sf custom home with uninterrupted northern views of Mt. Sanitas and north Boulder. A sunken courtyard entry leads to a 45 foot wide glass wall, opening up the great room to a 12 foot deep cantilevered deck. On the upper level, the primary suite shares the northern views while the south facing bedrooms include framed views of the Flatirons. The walkout lower level leads to a terraced yard with fire pit and spa. Exterior materials include porcelain tile and linear brick with burnished steel accents.
street view
entry/courtyard @ twilight
rear view
main level deck
entry/courtyard daylight
dining view
great room
dining/stair
powder room
primary bedroom
primary bath
lower level patio
spa
Project Type: Custom Spec Home
Design 2017, Completion 2019
Photography: Dane Cronin
A 4,500 sf custom spec home with uninterrupted views of the Flatirons from atop Balsam Drive. The project includes a 40 foot wide sliding door, opening up most of the great room to a 12 foot deep cantilevered deck with views to downtown Boulder and the mountains beyond. This project has been detailed to create a truly minimalist design aesthetic with floor to ceiling glass throughout. On the exterior, thin stucco forms contrast with vertical cedar clad volumes, while the interior is finished in understated and timeless materials such as white oak, marble, and steel.
Great Room Deck
Great Room Pocket Doors
Great Room View
View From Kitchen
Railing Detail
Balcony Detail
Front Courtyard
Stair Detail
Master Bath
Master Bedroom View
Bathroom Detail
Master Bedroom Deck
Shower Detail
main level plan
upper level plan
Project Type: Custom Home
Design 2017, Completion 2019
Photography: Dane Cronin
Expansive views of the Flatirons and Front Range Mountains dominate this property. The house is conceived as a transparent pavilion set between an east facing garden and a west facing patio. Broad overhangs protect the house, and exterior solar shades provide privacy and protection from the western sun. Materials include porcelain siding, glass and steel window walls, and exposed board-from concrete. The design includes near Passive House levels of insulation, glazing, and air infiltration in addition to air-source heat pump heating, cooling, and domestic hot water to create a net positive energy home.
west elevation at twilight
northwest at twilight
entry
view from west patio
view from covered porch
east garden
east garden looking northwest
east garden at twilight
twilight view through house
entry
great room
kitchen looking west
interior view to west
roof deck
detail
roof deck at twilight
detail
main level plan
Project Type: Custom Home
Concept 2017, Completion est. 2025
A unique property with commanding views of the Flatirons, city of Boulder, and eastern plains with direct access to hundreds of acres of open space. The project began with the renovation of an historic mid-century modern house, followed by a free standing pavilion building, and a finally a major addition to the original house. Landscape master plan by RDesign includes mid-century modern inspired gardens, a pool and spa, and boulders/plantings to visually screen the property from adjoining public lands and create private outdoor spaces.
view from northeast
view from southeast
east rendered elevation
project aerial
main level overall floor plan
view from pavilion to pool
construction photo - pavilion view of flatirons
construction photo - pavilion view to northeast
Project Type: Custom Home
Design 2022, Completion 2024
Photography: Coming Spring ‘25
A family home on a level lot in the Newlands neighborhood of Boulder. Designed to create a private outdoor garden extension to the great room while taking advantage of natural light and views. Exterior materials include Sho Sugi Ban siding imported from Japan, dry stack limestone walls and large format, high efficiency European windows and doors. Interior details include walnut cabinetry by Vonmod, flush baseboard and casing with concealed hinge interior doors, custom stair by Matik Metals, and Dekton counters and shower surrounds.
street view
south elevation
great room
kitchen to living room
living room to kitchen
primary bedroom view
Project Type: Custom Home
Design 2022, Completion 2025
Photography: Coming Spring ‘25
A mid-century modern inspired home for a long time client on a level lot in the Newlands neighborhood of Boulder. The home is centered around a 12’ tall, naturally lit great room that opens directly onto an enclosed south facing courtyard via a pocketed 32’ wide lift-slide door. The primary bedroom also opens to the courtyard providing a day to day experience integrated to the outdoors. The courtyard is enclosed with a mid-century patterned concrete block wall. The exterior materials are a monochromatic off-white exterior of smooth stucco with patterned block and steel accents. The interior finishes include white oak floors, large format porcelain tile wall accents, and additional muted natural tones.
street view
courtyard view
great room
great room and kitchen
primary bedroom
primary bath
Project Type: Mulitfamily
Design 2017, Completion 2020
Photography: Dane Cronin
A luxury condominium and townhouse project consisting of 5 units of 3,000 square feet each - 2 two-story town homes and 3 single level units. The project is designed to maximize views to the Flatirons and Mt Sanitas. Interiors have a warm, minimalist aesthetic with living spaces opening directly onto large decks or enclosed gardens on the ground floor.
street view from alley
street view from broadway
exterior details
balcony detail/balcony view
balcony view/detail
balcony detail
interior entry
typical kitchen
southwest great room
details
primary bedroom view
primary bath details
details
kitchen
primary bedroom detail
common stair
Project Type: Custom Spec Home
Design 2018, Completion 2021
Photography: Dane Cronin
This home includes an in-law apartment over the garage, generous main floor living spaces along a south facing window wall that looks out to a water feature, pool, and extensive gardens beyond. Meant to evoke the timeless understatement of Texas hill country estates, the material palette includes a standing seam metal roof, plaster exterior walls, and off-white limestone accents. Large gridded windows are used throughout to connect the house to the yard and views.. Steel and wood trellis elements add detail and provide shaded outdoor living spaces. The project has a net zero energy efficiency, and makes extensive use of natural materials inside and out.
entry view
entry detail
Rear patio details
pool
spa
dining detail
sitting room
details
kitchen nook
kitchen
entry/stair
stair details
primary bathroom
tub/shower details
Project Type: Custom Home Renovation/Addition
Design 2017, Completion 2019
Photography: Dane Cronin
A renovation and addition to a modest mid-century house with views to the south of the city and Flatirons. A limestone clad entry leads to the vaulted great room with views to the south and west. A main floor master suite shares southern light and views, while the lower level includes two en-suite bedrooms, an exercise, room and an office. The interior and exterior materials palette includes warm off-white limestone with white oak floors contrasted with cool grey lacquer cabinets and tiles.
dining/living
dining/kitchen
kitchen detail
stair/hall
stair at lower level
master suite entry
master bath
Entry
south elevation at twilight
Project Type: Custom
Design 2014, Completion 2005
Photography: Logan Manaker
An abstract composition of two cedar clad shed roof forms with references to the angular Flatirons in the background. To the west is an art studio with uninterrupted views of the Front Range, to the east a music studio with adjacent wood and metal workshop. The two structures face each other across a simple courtyard. Windows are protected from the elements with custom steel shadow boxes with a minimalist aesthetic.
Entry Courtyard
Entry
Steel Window Frame Detail
Aerial from southeast