Yellow Hammer

Big Sky, Montana
This mountain retreat in the Yellowstone Club blends streamlined design with materials authentic to the region. Reclaimed wood, fieldstone, and steel create a calm, grounded refuge for unwinding after long days outdoors.

Interior Design
Shawn Henderson

Builder
Highline Partners

Landscape Architecture
Valley of the Flowers

Photography
Stephen Johnson

2-04-HAMMER
3-03-HAMMER
An L-shaped plan adapts to the hillside, shaping protected terraces while preserving expansive views. Minimalist detailing and precise connections balance durability with warmth, embodying a quiet Western elegance. Designed for long seasonal stays, the home opens to daylight and distant horizons while maintaining a restful sense of shelter in the mountains.
As featured in Mountain Living Magazine, 2022
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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.