High Performance Goals:
- Protect and preserving site and natural features during construction to minimize site disturbance and water runoff to natural stream
- Low water-use landscaping
- Maximizing views
- Provided recycle center for waste materials
- Structural overhangs to lower heat gain
- In-floor heating
- Protect and preserving site and natural features during construction to minimize site disturbance and water runoff to natural stream
- Low water-use landscaping
- Maximizing views
- Provided recycle center for waste materials
- Structural overhangs to lower heat gain
- In-floor heating
Located on the White River and toted by enthusiasts as the best fly fishing in North America, the design for Elk Creek Ranch begins and ends with the river. The ranch is a unique through its successful combination of premier hunting and fishing retreat with a family-oriented community while also maintaining a primary focus on the preservation of the natural environment. In turn, the architecture creatively combines the Western aesthetic of true log construction with top quality modern convenience of today's western lifestyle.
The site plan includes privately owned fishing cabins thoughtfully placed along the edges of several large ponds. A network of fishing streams, paths and bridges interweave between the ranch structures connecting the project amenities with entire site. The community amenity structures are located at the heart of the property and include a main lodge, administration facilities, guest cabins and a founders cabin.
The lodge opens itself up to surrounding landscape by embracing the central pond and orienting the interior program to the breathtaking views into the canyon beyond. The interior program of the lodge includes a world-class exhibition kitchen, dining room, lounge and a wine cellar with a private tasting room and community wine storage. A seamless connection of the interior space to the outdoors is achieved through the use of sliding glass walls, exterior porches and terraced patios that step down to the pond edge. The water wraps around the outdoor dining areas creating a sense on immersion into the surrounding natural environment.
The Founders Cabin is designed as a larger version of the iconic log fishing cabin. The cabin serves as a guest residence and an example of the quality log craftsmanship found throughout Elk Creek Ranch. The cabin is surrounded by ponds and streams and located at the mouth of the Elk Creek Valley.