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Sited next to a band of cottonwoods and aspens occupying the former riverbed of the Snake River, Black Fox Ranch consists of a couple’s primary residence and a barn with stables. The design and planning draw from the site’s history as a working cattle ranch, with 100-year-old irrigation ditches, remnants of a 19th century trapper’s cabin, corrals, and game trails (seasonally frequented by 400+ head of elk) that crisscross the 35-acre ranch. This legacy project was designed to help the owners return to their equestrian roots and bring the historic ranch into the future.
Deliberately composed exterior spaces wrap the perimeter of the building, allowing access to the panoramic views and one’s preference for sun or shade throughout the day. A deep overhang creates cover for an outdoor dining terrace that frames Teton Mountain views to the west and the Gros Ventre Range to the east. The barn, corral, and pastures are situated close to the residence, ensuring that the horses are a constant visual presence.
Place is considered an active participant in the design process, questioning modes of building to work more sensitively and symbiotically with the site. The clients’ choice of site was influenced by their appreciation of wildlife and conservation as well as their love of horses and desire to return the land to its historic roots as a working ranch with livestock and hay production. New topsoil and native seeding were added to restore the land and the newly planted bosque of aspen trees introduce shade and establish a sense of placemaking.
We used geothermal, triple pane glazing, and CLTs (cross laminated timber) structural roof system that allowed for large overhangs without using steel and wood.
House and barn are defined by elemental forms and materials that nod to the site’s past. Inside, white oak and polished concrete floors, custom steel and walnut millwork establish a grounded, earthy sense of warmth. The home’s L-shaped plan separates the main living spaces. The low-slung, three-bedroom residence gradually rises from the meadow, capped by a compact second story containing the primary bedroom suite. The long, low slope of the roof is structured with a cross-laminated timber roof system. Deliberately composed exterior spaces wrap the perimeter of the building. A material palette of dark-stained cedar, steel, and board-formed concrete defines the exterior of the buildings.
The home has floor to ceiling glass walls. The interiors extend into the exterior living areas and then into and the surrounding natural landscape. The property is adjacent to a primary migration path for an elk herd, we witness their lives during the spring/summer birthing season and fall rut. Besides the elk, there are other species to watch like fox, moose, eagles, pronghorn, hawks, herons, cranes, and owls. We named the property Black Fox Ranch for a black fox that visits daily.
CLB is a cross-disciplinary design firm which pushes the growing edge of contemporary practice. Since their founding in Jackson, Wyoming in 1992, CLB has taken their frontier origins as a guiding ethos, mobilizing a uniquely holistic and place-inspired approach to projects spanning North America. Driven by an innate responsibility to people and place, and a desire to respond authentically to the conditions in which they practice their craft, CLB’s adept team of architecture and interior design professionals work to create environments that can elevate, enrich, and inspire. CLB’s highly-collaborative team includes 55 design professionals, working between studios in Bozeman, Montana and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA.
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