EVERY ROOM with A VIEW STORY BY Kelsey Dayton PHOTOS BY Krafty Photos
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hen Chris Lee of Design Associates Architects begins to create a home, he finds the most stunning view and decides which room needs to have it. But at the home he designed in Bar B Bar, the incredible views of the Tetons were too good to limit to just one room. “It turns out that every room wants that view,” he explains. So he created a T-shaped design to give each room a front row seat to the magnificent landscape. The outside portion of the home also features small patio spaces connected by pathways, each with its own spectacular view.
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The 3,617-square-foot home feels as though it’s made of glass. The windows, provided by Peak Glass and manufactured by Bildau, a German company, ensured that the home met local energy codes, while allowing far more windows than is standard. “Framing didn’t take long; there were hardly any walls,” Lee says. The house was originally designed as a temporary vacation home, modest in size and simple in design. Midway through the process, however, the owners decided
