ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd
A Mountain Estate
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Nestled in Woody Creek Canyon on the Roaring Fork River , this 7,000-plussquare-foot home was designed to fit lightly on the land .
Architect Jamie Brewster McLeod says of the contemporary style home , “ We took great care to be gentle to the property , repairing the riverbank due to erosion and moving the main house off the edge of the river as much as possible . Thus , we created a large green space between the river and the house .”
The design phase launched in 2006 . The original clients had vested rights to build 25 feet off the river that were expiring at the end of that year ; the updated zoning regulations increased the distance to 100 feet from the river . Construction was completed in 2015 .
Building so close to the river , Jamie had to take into consideration rising ground water , saying , “ We basically built a bathtub crawlspace foundation and developed a dewatering plan around the foundation .”
ARCHITECT : Jamie Brewster McLeod PHOTOGRAPHER : David Patterson
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