Architects: CLB Architects
Interior Designer: HSH Interiors
Property Area: 35 acres
Area: 8,157 ft²
Year: 2022
Photography: Matthew Millman, Douglas Friedman, Aaron Kraft
Principal Architect: Eric Logan, Andy Ankeny, Sam Ankeny
Project Manager: Leo Naegele
Manufacturers: 1stdibs, Campana Brothers, De La Vega, Future Perfect, Johanna Grawunder, Kyle Bunting x Douglas Friedman, Lowen Windows, Marc Philips Rugs, Montana Timberworks, Remains Lighting, Robert Montgomery, Rosie Li, Select Stone Quarryworks, Watermark Designs
Contractor: KWC, Inc.
Landscape Design: Hershberger Design
Lighting Design: Lux Populi
Civil Engineer: Nelson Engineering
Structural Engineer: KL&A
Electrical & Mechanical Engineer: Energy 1
Styling: Stephen Pappas, Jen Paul, Shaleen Bishop
City: Wilson, Wyoming
Country: United States
ShineMaker Residence, a residential building designed by CLB Architects and HSH Interiors in Wilson, Wyoming, has transformed a 35-acre property into a nature-oriented retreat for a California-based couple. Situated at the base of the Tetons, it encompasses several ecosystems, with old-growth forests merging into stands of young pine and aspen trees before transitioning into rolling meadows. The homeowners, authors who also manage an independent record label in Mill Valley, California, sought a nature-oriented outpost in Wyoming to pursue their writing practice.
The home comprises three buildings: a main house, a guest house, and a writer’s studio. The 6,000-square-foot main house, conceived as a geologic remnant, sits at the edge between the field and the forest. The 1,577 square-foot guest house and 580 square-foot writer’s studio nestle more intimately within the wooded environment. A fourth, spiritually focused structure is planned for a southern site. The architecture offers open, sweeping views of the Grand Tetons, natural fauna, forests, and meadows.
Rectilinear in plan, the main house appears to anchor itself to surrounding trees, sinking in the center and pulling upward at the corners. This dynamic quality is accentuated by the charred shou sugi ban exterior, which creates overhangs and openings. The entrance, positioned over a lowland creek, reveals this relationship through a transparent floor section. The wood exterior transitions into the interior as light Atlantic cedar, which then blends into subtle plaster and floor-to-ceiling glass.
Each window frames a view of the prairie and Teton range. An east-facing fireplace contrasts with the views, while an intimate courtyard allows southern light to penetrate the center of the home. The house includes a common kitchen, living, and dining spaces, three bedrooms, four bathrooms, a laundry, and a large mudroom for the client’s Irish wolfhounds.
The material palette includes wood, steel, bronze, custom-cast white concrete, bleached cedar, and oversized slabs of travertine and onyx. Italian limestone floors in the primary bath a custom bathtub, and a water jet cut from a single block of limestone, create striking monolithic elements.
This is the second collaboration between the interior designer and the clients, following a previous project at their Mill Valley home. The clients’ bohemian lifestyle and love of music, literature, and the outdoors inspired the interior design. They prefer comfort, layers, texture, vintage pieces, and a welcoming, laid-back environment for family and friends. The design features artisan details like custom-designed, tattoo-inspired bas-relief concrete on the fireplace surround, hand-painted custom wallpaper murals, and geometric motifs. The earth-toned palette, with pops of mustard, blush, and deep burgundy, is complemented by collectible pieces, vintage finds, and contemporary art.
The three-bedroom guest house, located steps from the main house, features a similar carved-away entry and rectilinear form. The writer’s studio, positioned just beyond, provides a formal contrast to the other structures. This two-story sentinel, surrounded by fledgling aspens, includes a first-floor living space and a second-floor studio for contemplation among the tree canopies. The material palette is consistent, with wood, steel, bronze, custom-cast white concrete, bleached cedar, and oversized travertine and onyx slabs. Italian limestone floors and a custom limestone bathtub create striking monolithic elements.
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Address: Wilson, Wyoming, United States of America
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