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Tengoku Residence in Wyoming
September 12, 2024
Design: CLB Architects
Location: near Jackson, Wyoming, USA
Photos by Matthew Millman
Tengoku Residence, USA
Injecting a dose of mid-century California modernism to the Rocky Mountain West, Tengoku Residence embraces the natural terrain of Jackson. Diverging from the mountain modern style typical of the region, the design of the 4,700-square-foot vacation home was inspired by the owner couple’s shared love of Japanese culture and mid-century design. The resulting four-bedroom home is arranged around a series of garden courtyards that complement the home’s sweeping views over a pond to the Tetons beyond, creating a setting the owner’s call Tengoku, Japanese for “paradise.”
The simple, linear façade is softened by a series of organically shaped roof openings that are mirrored in the three gardens below in each courtyard. Besides shaping the light in dramatic and serendipitous ways over the course of the day, the curved openings and the uninterrupted glass walls help to amplify the careful framing of nature taking place throughout the home. As the clients expressed early on, “the view is our art.”
Inside, an angular S-shaped plan snakes around the courtyards, pulling apart the public and private spaces of the home. Each resulting zone of the house feels like a small pavilion, with access to natural daylight and ventilation on multiple sides to encourage passive ventilation. Operable clerestory windows also help circulate airflow in warmer months, while triple-paned windows, exterior rigid insulation, and full cavity insulation optimize heat retention in winter. The continuous roof plane stitches the building together into a unified form. Expressive overhangs and thin roof lines pick up on the mid-century aesthetic, as does the vertical western red cedar cladding in each of the courtyards.
A restrained interior palette of oak floors and white cabinetry keeps the focus on the landscape outside, with expressive moments of art, furnishings, and finishes offering pops of color and light. A translucent purple amethyst slab is integrated into a south-facing window at the entry, catching the light to illuminate the space in changing ways over the course of the day. Large format slabs of Caracas blue limestone clad the home’s double-sided fireplace, which serves as an anchor for the living room and wraps into the den. Vintage furnishings sourced from the clients’ family, as well as Hawaiian monkey pod wood vessels, and pieces brought from the clients’ main residence on the California coast, create an expressive interplay with local Jackson artwork and modern pieces like a Roche Bobois sofa.
Tengoku Residence, Wyoming
Quotes from Kevin Burke, Design Principal, CLB Architects
“In this geographic context, this type of deliberate manipulation of form and integration of landscape is a bit of a surprise. You don’t often see this approach here.”
“There’s an interesting play that happens throughout the day as the sun moves around the site and is drawn down through the courtyards. The circular openings help pull daylight into the home throughout the day.”
“The courtyards allow you to always have a direct visual connection with nature. As one moves through the home from one space to the next, there’s always the ability to connect with the outdoor environment.”
“The design needed to provide privacy from the entry road facing the property on the south side, so the house turns its back to the road and everything opens up to the opposing side. Here, wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling glass embraces the Teton views.”
“I love the curvilinear openings over the courtyards, which we nicknamed ‘the guitar picks.’ It was a chance to have a little bit of fun and whimsy, while also connecting to a mid-century modern feel.”
There’s a strong contrast between the quiet, protected courtyard spaces and the long, dramatic views of the Tetons. Weaving the house in and out of these courtyards while maintaining consistent long views makes for a dynamic experience throughout.
Tengoku Residence, Jackson Hole, Wyoming – Building Information
Architecture and Interiors: CLB Architects (Eric Logan) – https://clbarchitects.com/
Architecture: CLB Architects
General contractor: Two Ocean Builders
Structural engineering: KLA
Mechanical engineering: Energy One
Landscape architecture: Agrostis
Lighting design: Helius Lighting Group
CLB Architects design team:
Kevin Burke, Partner
Eric Logan, Partner
Bryan James, Principal
Leo Naegele, Project Manager
Jen Mei, Interior Architecture
Cynthia Tibbitts, Interior Architecture
Photography: Matthew Millman
Tengoku Residence, Jackson Hole, Wyoming images / information received September 12 2024
Location: Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
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