Montane

Big Sky, Montana
In Big Sky, Montana, this 7,000-square-foot residence translates modern architecture through the lens of the landscape. Low rooflines and glass volumes ground the home in its terrain, while subtle geometric shifts add movement and depth as it steps with the hillside.

Interior Design
Homeowner + Pearson Design Group Interiors

Builder
On Site Management

Landscape Architecture
Field Studio Landscape Architects

Photography
Audrey Hall

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The homeowners envisioned an elegant, modern home that felt both open and enduring—organized around shared living and shaped by its mountain views. Each room orients to a distinct vista, revolving gently around a central stone hearth. Cedar plank siding, Montana moss rock, and exposed steel define the exterior, while white-oak ceilings soften light and connect structure to atmosphere.

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LARRY PEARSON

Larry Pearson
Founding Principal

University of California, Santa Cruz

Larry Pearson loves to ask questions. His favorite ones start with the same word: “How.” How do we define yet integrate space: space for solitude, space for family, space for friends? How do we tie the lines of architecture to this natural backdrop? How can we authentically connect humans with design—physically, visually, socially, and emotionally?

For more than three decades, these are the design puzzles Larry has worked to solve, one structure at a time, each a unique answer in itself. Influenced by his clients’ dreams; his travels in the US, Asia, and Europe; and a palpable fascination with regional materials and settings, Larry thirsts to create bespoke designs that enrich human patterns of life…or even create new ones.

The natural migration from room to room, the uninterrupted flow from inside to outside, the internal human shifts from “world” to “home”—those are the elements Larry always seeks to elevate, enhance, and ease through design.