Chalet Redux

Big Sky, Montana
Set in the heart of Big Sky, this 1,750-square-foot retreat feels like a rediscovered cabin from another era—small in footprint yet rich in presence. The design recalls the character of a Forest Service outpost reimagined for modern life.

Interior Design
Pearson Design Group Interiors

Builder
Highline Partners

Landscape Architecture
Valley of the Flowers

Photography
Brandon Huttenlocher

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3-05-REDUX

Rather than mimic nostalgia, the architecture reinterprets it. The clients wanted a space that felt historic yet alive—efficient and intimate without feeling confined. Steel-framed glazing brings daylight deep into the compact plan, while reclaimed oak and local stone root the home in its alpine setting. Every joint and reveal celebrates craftsmanship, where old-world texture meets new-world precision.

As featured in Mountain Living Magazine, 2015
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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.