Orchard House is situated in a working 15-acre cherry orchard with breathtaking views to Mt. Gunnison. Orchard House was intentionally and carefully designed to create a marriage between Contemporary, Modern, and Farmhouse styles per the Client’s vision for the house. EVstudio provided architectural design and structural engineering services for this custom home.
Although the site was visited by one of our Principals, the design team did not need to physically visit the site to complete the design for this remote location (although they have been back to the site multiple times during and after construction). The home includes unique client-driven features such as a “cockpit kitchen” taking the form of a U-shaped island where the owner can prepare and cook most of a meal with little need to move around the kitchen.
In the primary suite, a soaking tub was designed and installed in line with the gorgeous mountain view and provides the sense that you are bathing in the orchard. Exposed Steel elements are featured throughout the home’s design, including a playful use of a solitary exterior column demarking the “public” area of the back patio from the “private” area of the primary suite. EVstudio’s experience in cutting-edge materials exterior of the home was partially clad in a concrete siding product that realistically presents the aesthetic of “board-formed concrete” for a modern appearance without the associated cost, installation difficulty, and thermal problems that would have been presented by using actual board-formed concrete. Using solar studies, a thin custom sunshade was designed for the Southeast corner to provide shade for the home’s art studio. A 15-foot cantilevered canopy extends over the rear patio exemplifying EVstudio’s ability to innovate and push materials to their aesthetic and functional limits.
As an update, the Owner had EVstudio complete a design for an addition to the home and remodeling of attic space and the garage during Fall, 2024 to accommodate visiting grandchildren. We are excited to see this addition come to fruition and will be updating this article with before/after imagery soon!