Home & Real Estate

Design Story

Inside a Miami Starchitect's Disappearing Act on Red Mountain

The limelight cedes to nature in this sleek yet cozy cabin.

11/01/2015 By Alison Berkley Margo

Downtown Development

Aspenizing Aspen?

Development in the downtown core has never felt so frenzied.

07/01/2015 By Catherine Lutz

Design Story

A Sense of Place in Snowmass

Remoteness, sustainability, and subtlety inform this timber-and-straw-bale home.

07/01/2015 By Susan Benner

Past and Present

Change Agent

The impending remodel of the Victor Lundy house in Aspen’s West End offers a case study in the creative potential of honoring the past while embracing the present.

05/01/2015 By Susan Benner Photography by Derek Skalko

Design by Committee

Colorado's First-Ever Condo Complex Reimagined

Anyone who’s been a member of a homeowners’ association knows how difficult it can be for a group of so-called neighbors to agree on anything.

02/01/2015 By Alison Margo

Enchanted Garden

A Red Mountain Relaxation Station

Boulders, water features, and a subtle palette weave a tranquil narrative by Escape Garden Design.

07/01/2014 By Julie Comins Pickrell

Serious Collectors

This Old Art House a.k.a. "The Observatory House"

After faithfully preserving one of Aspen’s oldest homes, Sharon and John Hoffman did something surprising: they stuffed it with contemporary art.

05/01/2014 By Julie Comins Pickrell

Home Sweet Home

Build and Let Live

Forty years ago, the City of Aspen and Pitkin County hatched an idea: create price-controlled housing for anyone on town’s lower economic rungs so that they might build a life in the community they served.

05/01/2014 By Catherine Lutz/Aspen Journalism

Starwood Enterprise

Barbi Benton's Dream House

The former Playboy muse and husband George Gradow aren’t your average people. Neither is their house. Not even close.

02/01/2014 By Stewart Oksenhorn

Design Story

A Tiny Wonder Tucked Into Shadow Mountain

This petite modern remodel by Robert Cronenberg and Ricki McHugh bursts with charm.

07/01/2013 By Amanda Rae

Nurture, Nature

This Woody Creek Garden Is a Green Dream for Spring

After a gardening disaster and the loss of her mother, Isa Catto Shaw healed her heart by coaxing life from the soil.

07/01/2013 By Isa Catto Shaw

An Aspen Ideal

Take a Tour of a Harry Teague–Commissioned Family Compound

At once dazzling and discreet, a tiny village houses three generations of Aspen’s most storied clan.

05/01/2013 By Daniel A. Shaw

Mountain Homestyle

Backcountry Living on the Backside of Aspen Mountain

An off-the-grid cabin stands as an ultimate mountain getaway—and two brothers’ homage to a family legacy.

02/01/2013 By Christine Benedetti

Where the Heart Is

A Longtime Aspen Architect's Longtime Dream Is Realized on Red Mountain

After a quarter century of getting to know his property, Charles Cunniffe finally built himself a home.

11/01/2012 By Stewart Oskenhorn