Tomboy Road Hillside Residence
Located on the hillside above Telluride at the town’s northern edge, this site had appeared to be part of the adjacent public open space for many years. A primary goal of the project was to allow the building to recede into the hillside as much as possible, with landscape interwoven between building elements.
Adjacent to the road above the house, parking is provided on an open platform covering an enclosed storage area cut into the hillside and screened from view below by a grove of aspen trees.
The massing of the house follows the existing topography. Roof decks covering the middle and lower levels provide extensions to the interior spaces. Skylights over an open stairway provide daylight to lower-level interior spaces tucked into the hillside.
Location: Telluride, Colorado
General Contractor: Croke Construction
Structural Engineering: Mike Thele, P.E.
Lighting Design: Enlighten
Landscape Design: Linda Robinson Studio