The Front Ranch

Central Montana
On a 42,000-acre working ranch in Montana, this residence brings modern architecture to a landscape defined by heritage and scale. Two structures—a main house and a lodge—anchor into the terrain with reclaimed timber, stone, and steel, their low profiles framing open views of prairie and sky.

Interior Design
Pearson Design Group Interiors

Builder
Northfork Builders

Photography
Brandon Huttenlocher

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Owned by a Montana native whose life is rooted in the land, the project merges working-ranch practicality with modern design. Concrete floors, steel detailing, and custom woodwork balance endurance with refinement. Every space reflects the rhythm of ranch life—built for function, family, and the gatherings that define it.

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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.