Walsh House
Catherine Walsh
Colorado 2001
Colorado 2001
Central to the design of this house in the ski resort town of Telluride
is its context of powerfully direct vernacular building forms. From the
outside the scale of the house is deceptively modest: with windows
only on the flank wall on the ground floor, the existence of the second
floor is hidden. By keeping to the east side of the building plot, the
house maintains and enhances existing views. Public rooms are on the
upper floor, to take advantage of the mountain views through glazed
gable ends, while bedrooms and bathrooms are on the ground floor. The
choice of materials reflects the local palette, with flank walls of
stone laid in random courses, a weathered timber upper structure and
metal pitched roof.