In Denver, a family puts a modern twist on the classic ranch house
Embracing the indoor-outdoors in the Mile High City When Cate and Paul Hoff and their three children moved to Denver from Australia about five years ago, they knew they wanted to set down real roots. The city had been the couple?s home before, and after seven years away from the U.S., they were ready for something long-term.
While it was Paul?s work that ultimately brought them back stateside, Cate was happy to return. ?Denver is a really comfortable city and there are really exciting things happening,? she says. ?[The city has] really matured and it?s just a lot more vibrant.?
In search of a large lot suitable for new construction, the couple settled on Denver?s University Heights neighborhood, an area where they?d lived twice before. ?It?s kind of what we consider home in Denver,? says Cate. Initially, the Hoffs thought they would keep their new house in line with the style of the neighborhood?s 1950s ranch homes.
The variegated brown of the exterior cedar siding is offset by black brick, gray concrete, and the vibrant green of the front lawn and trees on the site.
?We like that connection to the earth that you get with the ranch style,? she adds, referring to its typically low-slung forms. That connection would inform the ultimate look of their home ?and the direction from which it diverged.
When they began looking for an architect who could create a home that was modern yet felt connected to its environment, they turned to noted area firm A...
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