MTNmin House

Big Sky, Montana
At nearly 8,800 feet in the Yellowstone Club, this residence redefines contemporary mountain design through precision and restraint. Minimal in form yet monumental in presence, the structure bridges a manmade stream and reflecting pool, its cantilevered glass volumes appearing to float within the alpine setting.

Interior Design
Alexandra Karram Interiors

Builder
Highline Partners

Landscape Architecture
Design Workshop

Photography
William Abranowicz

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The clients—an artist and a developer—sought permanence expressed through simplicity. Hand-split basalt, glass, and charred shou sugi ban wood balance mass and lightness while framing views of Cedar and Pioneer Mountains. Every element was executed with precision, from the 23-foot kitchen glazing to the floating glass stair engineered in Italy. Anchored in bedrock yet visually light, the home unites art, architecture, and landscape in a single, enduring gesture.
As featured in Big Sky Journal, 2024
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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.