Beartooth Ranch house

Inspired by the parallel rocky ridges of the site's rolling foothills, each section of the house is angled to capture the dramatic view of distant Bear Tooth Mountain.

This house nestles into a small rise on the site, concentrating the major living spaces on one level, with accommodations for guests and an office on the lower level.

This house is a modern reinterpretation of Colorado ranch vernacular forms and materials.

Designed as Principal at Arcadea, Inc. Mark Gerwing, Project Architect Builder: Cottonwood Custom Builders Structural Engineer: JVA Photographer: Milt Borchart

The Reef Restaurant, Boulder, Colorado

This 3,000 square foot piano bar/restaurant was built on the ground floor of a new mixed-use building in Boulder, Colorado. Focusing the seating toward the stage, a continuous ribbon of circulation weaves between this seating and the raised bar area. A number of interior schemes were investigated using recycled and cast-off materials, to create a dynamic ceiling.

Designed as Principal at Arcadea Mark Gerwing Project Architect Builder: by Owner

Valley Lane house

Sitting on a steeply sloping site in the foothills outside of Boulder, this house was designed for a family moving from Los Angeles who wanted the contemporary/ modern feel of a southern CA aesthetic, but adapted to the Colorado environment and climate.

To address the environmental challenges of the location, the house stretches along the slope, minimizing the amount of disturbance. Simply divided into two major rectangular parts, the house consists of public and private portions. These areas are linked by an inverted sloped roof with continuous beams which span across the building.

The roof sections angle upward to the western views, simultaneously reflecting and reacting to the extremity of the slope. The home's overall order of public/private is further emphasized by highlighting the positions of children/parents, owners/guests, and work/play.

Close collaboration with the clients allowed the construction of the house to be completed within a very short schedule and for a very economical budget.

Designed as Principal at Arcadea, Inc. Mark Gerwing Project Architect Builder: Anderson Brothers Contractors Structural Engineer: Jon X. Giltner Photography: Imagica and Mark Gerwing

Loveland house

This project is the design of a small house for the relatively flat plains around Loveland, Colorado facing the western mountains.  The site is tightly bounded on its two long sides running east-west and frames a view to Longs Peak and the Indian Peaks to the west.

At the center of the property, a magnificent ash tree sits alone, surrounded only by grasses, on a gradual western slope.  Centering the house around this tree, the design allows the tree to become the central focus of a courtyard.  The volumes of the house are divided into three sections and angled to ‘tune’ the tree’s shadow to provide shade to the western facing windows from late spring to early fall.

The interior is very simple – a single, large gathering space for family and individual bedrooms making up the arms of the courtyard.

The house creates subtle, overlapping areas of private, semi-private, semi-public and public spaces that change with the seasons and the sun/shadow of the house.

Designed by M. Gerwing Architects

Mark Gerwing, Project Architect

unbuilt

Nederland hillside house

This is single family house designed for a steep, west-facing slope outside of Nederland, Colorado.  Located just below Hurricane Hill Drive, this house is organized by a series of parallel bearing walls providing lateral support against the extremely high winds sweeping across the Continental Divide through the site.

The east side of the house tucks into the hillside to create a private, unobtrusive face to the road and neighbors, and then open up on the west side to capture the panoramic views of Barker Reservoir and the mountains.

Designed by M. Gerwing Architects

Mark Gerwing, Project Architect

under construction

north boulder renovation and addition

on hold