Rodwin Architecture & Skycastle Homes Location: Boulder, CO, United States The homeowner wanted something bold and unique for his home. He asked that it be warm in its material palette, strongly connected to its site and deep green in its performance. This 3,000 sf. modern home’s design reflects a carefully crafted balance between capturing mountain views and passive solar design. On the ground floor, interior Travertine tile radiant heated floors flow out through broad sliding doors to the white concrete patio and then dissolves into the landscape. A built-in BBQ and gas fire pit create an outdoor room. The ground floor has a sunny, simple open concept floor plan that joins all the public social spaces and creates a gracious indoor/outdoor flow. The sleek kitchen has an urban cultivator (for fresh veggies) and a quick connection to the raised bed garden and small fruit tree orchard outside. Follow the floating staircase up the board-formed concrete tile wall. At the landing your view continues out over a “live roof”. The second floor’s 14ft tall ceilings open to giant views of the Flatirons and towering trees. Clerestory windows allow in high light, and create a floating roof effect as the Doug Fir ceiling continues out to form the large eaves; we protected the house’s large windows from overheating by creating an enormous cantilevered hat. The upper floor has a bedroom on each end and is centered around the spacious family room, where music is the main activity. The family room has a nook for a mini-home office featuring a floating wood desk. Forming one wall of the family room, a custom-designed pair of laser-cut barn doors inspired by a forest of trees opens to an 18th century Chinese day-bed. The bathrooms sport hand-made glass mosaic tiles; the daughter’s shower is designed to resemble a waterfall. This near-Net-Zero Energy home achieved LEED Gold certification. It has 10kWh of solar panels discretely tucked onto the roof, a ground source heat pump & boiler, foam insulation, an ERV, Energy Star windows and appliances, all LED lights and water conserving plumbing fixtures. Built by Skycastle Construction.

This is another wonderful example of a mid century modern home. The home has great views of the outdoor space from every area of the home. Photography by Vernon Wentz of Ad Imagery

Ashley Camper

Griffin Customs

The original oversized master bathroom was reconfigured and converted into two bathrooms. The redesigned master bathroom -shown here- boasts his and her vanities as well as a make up area, a tub, a curbless dual shower and a separate toilet room. Marble was extensively used throughout to convey a clean and airy feel.

Erika Bierman Photography

Curb-less shower with terrazzo tiled floor and Shluter linear drain and stainless grate at back wall. David Tyson & Dennis Nodine

•Designed by Liz Schupanitz while employed at Casa Verde Design •Photography by Karen Melvin

Master bathroom. Wall color Sherwin Williams Open Air 6491. Shower tile: Lunada Bay. Medicine cabinet: Robern. Sink Faucet: Dorn Bracht. Shower faucet: California Faucets. Vanity: Dynasty Beckwith Colonnade

This project challenges the traditional idea of context in one of San Francisco's most rapidly evolving neighborhoods. The form of the addition takes its cues from the varied streetscape and brings the existing structure into a stronger compositional dialogue with its neighbors. The new story is set back from the street, balancing its scale and proportion with the lower floors. Photo by Matthew Millman Photography

Nancy Nolan Photography

Griffin Customs

Photography by Jeff Gray