A cabin perched high above
Grand Teton National Park

Perched high above the town of Jackson in Wyoming, this contemporary home looks out across the vast panorama and snowcapped peaks of Grand Teton National Park.

Our clients, both exceptionally talented designers, had fallen in love with the sweeping landscape of the region and embarked on a journey to make their family home there. Working closely with them, we were tasked with creating a beautiful design that would settle naturally into this wild environment, and the house was completed in 2016.

Our concept used elements of both European chalet and classic American cabin. Orientation, design and the use of reclaimed and new natural materials, ensured the house felt rooted to the land with a simple palette of stone, timber, plaster and glass, that we expected to weather and soften as the years passed.

Eight years later, we have introduced a number of new areas to the house. A guesthouse, which sits slightly apart, discreetly connects internally to the main house from a new space below, which includes a garage, boot room and gym. This lower level frames a welcoming courtyard entrance.

Meanwhile, the original garage is home to two new bedrooms in the main house. With meticulous attention to detail, these additions and changes sit naturally with the original design, conserving its quiet connection to the landscape, which, as we had planned, has evolved in the intervening years.

Inside, the house provides both sweeping views and moments of quiet intimacy. The upper levels are bathed in light and open to the sky and distant peaks. Below, the lower floors, set into the landscape, offer quiet, sheltered spaces.

With the warmth and scent of timber, the feel of the flooring underfoot, soft contours, and the breeze that passes freely through the house when the glass walls are opened up, this is a home that feels increasingly at one with this extraordinary place.