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ABOVE & FACING PAGE LEFT: The project is located on an undeveloped, 560-acre ranch property south of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where the San Juan and Blanco Rivers
converge. The client wanted to develop a sustainable ranch to raise cattle and horses and restore the rivers for trout fishing.
FACING PAGE RIGHT: The design of the home is contextual, playing off the forms of local ranch and barn structures and regional Indian ruin structures with incorporated
elements of the Arts & Crafts style, which is evident in the interior detailing. The main ranch house was designed using completely reclaimed local materials. The heavy
timber used is black stained re-sawn railway bridge timber that had been abandoned. The wall stone is moss rock found on the property, the walls are earth mud with
asphalt emulsion, and the roof is made with old corrugated reclaimed steel.
Photographs by Magnus Stark Photography
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