There is nothing like a twilight walk around sagebrush and oak in a foot of new snow to let you know that another breathtaking Utah winter in the high country has arrived. This particular stroll was around The Preserve, a Summit County development on the former Bitner Ranch that conserves the open space of the…
A few months back I featured a blog where I accented photos of architecture with the careful placement of exotic cars: Styling with Cars. Cars are one of my passions, and aircraft is another. As early as seven years old I could watch the planes landing at the Seattle airport and identify every one of…
The impacts of climate change are seemingly inescapable as demonstrated by the recent tragic fires in California and the devastation by hurricane Michael in the Florida panhandle and Mexico Beach. I found myself wondering about how this will affect the built environment in terms of where we build homes, how we design them, and the…
With modernism, the role art plays in a home moves from luxury to a necessity. Modern homes have less ornamentation, and draw life and character from the selected art pieces. Art guides your eye. An example is the above sleek black and white kitchen by Bridgwater Consulting with carefully selected pieces. Another is this white…
A hilltop home in the Promontory development of Park City reminded me of how Prairie style architecture roots to the land. By combining modern steel and glass with mountain wood and stone, the design resonates current tastes but becomes earthbound with the horizontal elements (used in Prairie style architecture) of the flat roof, clerestories, and…
In today’s housing market, people are looking for affordable solutions. Whatever term you call it—family pod, permitted second residence, mother-in-law apartment, supplementary residence, secondary suite, or guesthouse—these thoughtful additions are in the news as possible solutions to housing issues and shortages. Some metropolitan areas have approved or are currently considering ordinances to encourage building more…
The higher you go up the Wasatch, the steeper the slope and better views both to the valley and the mountainside. The challenge, of course, is building on a lot with a slope that great. Homebuilder John Ford, John Ford Construction, and architect Jeff Schindewolf, JSARC Architects, built this home atop of tiered boulder retaining…
Recently I shared some initial photos of the expansion and renovation of the Park City Christian Center (PCCC) designed by Park City architects, the Elliott Work Group, and I promised to share more photos after the furniture was delivered and in place. As I explained before, a non-profit, non-denominational group runs the CCPC and the…
We have a new grand dog, a black and white, floppy-eared rescue puppy named Franklin. Perhaps that’s why my thoughts this week turned to pets and the clever ways people use to make pets comfortable in their homes. Like Franklin, many dogs are trained to sleep in kennels at night. In the opening photograph,…
A home in Victory Ranch caught my eye a month ago, and I was lucky to get a photo assignment for a closer look last week. Landmarks West (also known as iBuild Utah) demonstrated their ability to artfully build these traditional forms and work with the different expressions of wood and stone in the design…
