Luxurious mountain home with serene views of the Colorado Rocky Mountains

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Charles Cunniffe Architects has designed this modern-rustic home with luxurious details, situated in the ski resort town of Aspen, in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Nestled adjacent to a preserved agricultural field and anchored by dramatic South and West views of Aspen and Snowmass ski areas, this dwelling takes complete advantage of its natural surroundings.

Thoughtfully oriented on its site, this home soaks in views of the Elk Mountain Range. The structure stretches alongside a 10-acre hay field, intricately connecting the interior and exterior spaces to provide expansive southwest views and daylight throughout the dwelling.

The roof plane floats over the main living area, sloping to a 23-foot-tall glazed curtain wall that draws the eye and experience across the field to the dramatic mountain landscape beyond.

A south-facing glazed wall with tall pivot doors to the patio allows an intertwining of the interior and exterior dwelling experience. The patio stretches out and engages the agricultural field, and pulls the dwelling experience further into the landscape and place.

What We Love: This luxurious mountain home features exquisite furnishings and decor that promote an inviting atmosphere. Expansive windows throughout this home help to illuminate the interior spaces with natural light while framing tranquil views of this home’s Rocky Mountain setting. Overall, this decadent home offers a fabulous environment for living and entertaining, all while boasting LEED Silver status.

Tell Us: What details in this dwelling do you find most intriguing, and what details would you change? Please share your feedback in the Comments below!

Note: Check out a couple of other fabulous home tours that we have showcased here on One Kindesign in the state of Colorado: Tour this incredibly stunning mountain house in Steamboat Springs and This Colorado mountain house has a fabulous ski-in/ski-out lifestyle.

Notable Details: With the geothermal ground loop system the 15,000 sf residence is able to maintain all heating and cooling needs through a renewable energy source. The 58 kW solar PV array further assist in achieve a HERS rating of 10 for the 15,000 square foot residence, which has been designed to achieve LEED silver status.

The guest bedroom and master bedroom wings flank the main living volume and more quietly engage the view and landscape with low arched barrel-vault roofs. The master wing is separated from the main living structure by an interior bridge over the stream way, engaging framed views in both directions.

PHOTOGRAPHER David O. Marlow

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Irina

6 days ago

It’s a great House—a truly modern lodge retreat. I’m glad the owner didn’t cut corners; the entire home is done in the same grand manner. Not everyone spends time only with a cat (no offense to cats); many of us have big families and many friends, and some of us have the money to host them. I hope the owner enjoys the house.

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i guess at some point people with money decided that living in houses wasn’t enough. instead, they wanted to build private hotels to use as personal getaways. maybe i have grown tired of such over the top construction as i find it hard to admire such a display of profligate waste. but i guess the detail that struck me most was the size of the geothermal field.

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I so agree with you, thank you for putting into words.

Josh

5 days ago

Today’s oligarchs consider themselves above common norms and common people, and must build temples to themselves. Just remember that 94% of the 2024 election was funded by just 150 families. This might have been one of them. They don’t fund elections for social causes (guns, etc). The fund elections to assure that they are bailed out (with our tax money) when the economy turns down.