Green Rock

Re-imagining a historic mid-century home with centralized circulation, open floor plan, and modernized glazing for true indoor/outdoor living on this one of a kind lot.

The house is set on a seemingly rural lot, complete with stream, bridge, and rock outcropping just one mile from downtown Boulder. The original home was designed by Charles Haertling in the 1960’s and has undergone numerous disjointed renovations since then. We revisited the quirky layout with our client’s vision of hosting pool parties, a living room with a hidden television over the fireplace, functional lower levels for their growing family, and a separate work studio over the garage. We maintained the historic exterior aesthetic, while modernizing the interior spaces and modernizing the single-pane glazing.

One central ‘swinder’ (spiral + winder) stair ascends the entire four floors of the house, greatly simplifying the existing circulation. A smooth, plaster finish and walnut tread/riser wrap this plate steel sculptural stair, which was craned in through the skylight opening above.