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Custom Big Sky Builders Yellowstone Club Home

April 26, 2013

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Big Sky Builders Stunning Yellowstone Club Home

Teton Heritage Builders has been in business since 1996.  We are custom Big Sky builders who love giving our discerning clients the homes of their dreams.  Our latest project, which we just finished in the Yellowstone Club, embodies all of the characteristics of excellence that our clients desired.

Big Sky Builders Modern Beacon in the Yellowstone Club
Front Entry with Dripping Chandelier

From the moment you walk in to this modern masterpiece you are awe-struck with a great blend of modern interior design features and rustic trim.  For instance, the majority of the interior walls are stone and reclaimed lumber.  While some of the wall paper is beautifully crafted designs that are remniscent of egg shells.

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Dining Room with View of Pioneer Mountain

Hanging in the great room is a floating chair made of glass.  The chandelier above the front entry appears to be dripping liquid metal.  The entire South wall is triple pane glass.  Installing this glass system was no easy feat.  But with the meticulous attention to detail from our crew, we pulled it off without a hitch!

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Modern Style Guest Bedroom

From the outside you notice a striking combination of reclaimed wood wrapped around steel supports and immense walls of glass.  Deviating from the normal aesthetics of the Yellowstone Club, this home is a great achievement in advancing the building vernacular of the Northern Rockies.

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Custom Master Bathroom

Now that modern homes are being constructed by custom big sky builders like us, we anticipate their popularity to gain momentum.  And we sure are happy to be at the forefront of that movement in Big Sky!

Big Sky Builders Latest Modern Home

April 18, 2013

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Big Sky Modern Homes Come Into Style

The clean lines of modern homes are becoming en vogue in Big Sky, MT.  Though the vast majority of homes in Big Sky Country are log and timber frame, Teton Heritage Builders had the privilege of building a superb glass home in the Yellowstone Club.  The Lower Foxtail Residence is located in plain view of Big Sky Resort’s summit tram and affords a stunning view of Pioneer Mountain – the gem of the Yellowstone Club.  As Big Sky builders we relished the opportunity to bring our clients their dream home on Lone Peak.

Big Sky Architect
Interior Design by LC2 Design Services

Reid Smith Architects designed the open floor plan to draw attention to the entire South-facing wall which is entirely triple pane windows.  The highly energy efficient glazing package ensures that the home will contain heat during the winter for maximum comfort and has automatic window shades to reduce solar gain in the summer to beat the heat.  On top of the the incredible windows, the home takes advantage of renewable energy from the earth via ground source heat pumps.  Operating at 350% efficiency, the heat pumps will save 70% on annual heating and cooling costs.

Big Sky Builders Modern Beacon in the Yellowstone Club
Big Sky Builders Modern Beacon in the Yellowstone Club

Interior design work was provided by the highly talented LC2 Design Services.  You might notice influences in this home beckon memories of locales such as Las Vegas.  Well, LC2 Design Services’ creative eye has had a hand in designing many high profile casinos in Sin City.  This Big Sky home hosts a perfect blend of crisp modern fixtures with rustic reclaimed wood and Chief Cliff stone.  It is a match made in heaven.

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Custom Bathroom with a View

Finished in early 2013, the Lower Foxtail Residence is a tribute to the worldly influences that come together in Big Sky, Montana. We anticipate that all Big Sky builders will be clamoring to get a glimpse of this diamond in the rough.  Teton Heritage Builders couldn’t be more proud of this accomplishment and we look forward to expanding on our building knowledge of unique modern homes such as this one.

Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom

Big Sky Homes in The Yellowstone Club Go Modern

June 15, 2012

Teton Heritage Builders is busy building a new home in the Yellowstone Club.  Designed by Reid Smith Architects, a creative Big Sky architect, this modern project adds to our already diverse portfolio of Big Sky homes and Jackson Hole homes.

This 10,000 square foot home will be one of only a handful of modern buildings in the log and timber frame dominated Yellowstone Club.  It is perched on the side of Lone Peak with ski-in/ski-out access and stunning views of the surrounding mountains.  Aside from the cutting-edge design, what makes this house particularly incredible is the Unilux window package chosen by the homeowner.

I caught up with Dave Behan, our local Unilux Windows representative, on the specifics of these windows.  First off, Unilux manufactures only triple pane windows in their factory in Germany.  Part of what sets them apart from your standard window package is their narrow frame dimensions which provides more glass area for unobstructed views.  They are “the most energy efficient windows available on the planet for a curtain wall system,” says Dave.  In fact, they are more than 75 percent more efficient than a standard double pane window.

When complete, this home is going to have the feeling of being outdoors while being comfortable at home.  Large panels of glass will slide open to bring in fresh air and invigorate the home.  Teton Heritage Builders hired Unilux certified window installers to ensure the windows are properly installed.  The slightest miscalculation of structural steel framing which supports these windows can mean disaster for a project of this scale.  Fortunately for us, our Superintendent/Project Manager Ben Jones nailed the structural framing.  Way to go Ben!

Check out more modern Big Sky homes and Jackson Hole construction by Teton Heritage Builders.  And come back to our blog for more progress updates on this exciting home!

Bozeman Builders Know Geothermal Heat

May 31, 2012

Bozeman builders Teton Heritage Builders is starting the installation of a geothermal heat pump system in Big Sky, Montana.  The first of 24 geothermal wells was just drilled just off the building’s garage entrance.  As bozeman builders, we understand the varying geology of the mountain folds around here and know importance of the scientific approach to designing a ground source heat pump system.  So we are using this first vertical geothermal well to run a thermal conductivity test on the local geological formation to precisely size this geothermal system.  With accurate test results in hand, the updated geothermal design will be the absolute best it can be.

Once finished, this well will be part of the ground heat exchanger for a 24 ton geothermal heating and cooling system.  The homeowner will be able to simultaneously heat and cool their mountain home in the Yellowstone Club using the renewable energy naturally stored underground on their site.  By harnessing the Earth’s heat their radiant and forced air system will reach levels of efficiency above 350% in the middle of the winter.  Talk about huge savings!

THB Provides Community Jobs in SW Montana

January 20, 2012

YC Goes Geothermal
Job Creation in Big Sky Country

Development momentum is ramping up again in Big Sky.  The Yellowstone Club is bouncing back from their bankruptcy filing and post-recession consumer confidence is spurring much activity on and around Lone Peak.  On the front lines of this issue is Taylor Anderson who delved into not only the positive community impacts of resumed development, but also the progression towards energy efficiency in these large projects.

Read the Explore Big Sky article published in January 2012 which puts the Big Sky regional building landscape into perspective.  Teton Heritage Builders was proud to have an employee offer his perspective on the increase in building activity in Big Sky.  Our largest project in the Yellowstone Club is equipped with a geothermal heating system and we couldn’t be more excited to promote this alternative to propane use in Big Sky.

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