PROJECT
Depot Ski House
LOCATION
Telluride, CO
YEAR
2011-2013
STATUS
Completed
In the Depot neighborhood, where Telluride’s rail history once defined the landscape, this home draws inspiration from the industrial architecture of that era. Its form takes cues from the slightly skewed walls and rooflines that characterized many of the town’s historic buildings, creating a structure that feels rooted in its past while aligned with contemporary life.
Along Gregory Avenue, Museum House stands in dialogue with the historic museum next door and the rugged slope behind it. The design divides into two volumes connected at the center, their massing stepping naturally with the hillside. At the street, a restored historic shed—relocated and reimagined as a guest house—reinforces the pedestrian scale and frames the entry sequence. Broad overhangs and carefully placed glazing support a passive solar strategy, inviting light in winter and providing shade in summer.
Elemental materials—stone, barn wood, and steel—anchor the design in the vernacular language of Telluride. Expressive in spirit yet disciplined in execution, the home blends into its context while offering a new direction for the neighborhood, one that acknowledges its railroad heritage and looks toward its future.
