Lone Mountain Ranch House

In the high desert of New Mexico, this six-bedroom family retreat settles easily into the textures of the surrounding landscape.

Studio Rick Joy, Lone Mountain Ranch House, Golden, New Mexico, USA, Photographed by: Peter Ogilvie
Studio Rick Joy, Lone Mountain Ranch House, Golden, New Mexico, USA
Studio Rick Joy, Lone Mountain Ranch House, Golden, New Mexico, USA, Photographed by: Peter Ogilvie
Studio Rick Joy, Lone Mountain Ranch House, Golden, New Mexico, USA, Photographed by: Peter Ogilvie

Even as a wooden deck divides the house’s spaces into two wings—one for private spaces and the other for guests’ rooms—spatial coherence and materiality bring them together.

Studio Rick Joy, Lone Mountain Ranch House, Golden, New Mexico, USA, Photographed by: Peter Ogilvie
Studio Rick Joy, Lone Mountain Ranch House, Golden, New Mexico, USA, Photographed by: Peter Ogilvie
Studio Rick Joy, Lone Mountain Ranch House, Golden, New Mexico, USA, Photographed by: Peter Ogilvie

A single corrugated sheet-metal roof caps both of the volumes and hides a roof deck that reveals the night sky.

Studio Rick Joy, Lone Mountain Ranch House, Golden, New Mexico, USA, Photographed by: Peter Ogilvie

Lone Mountain Ranch House

Location

Golden, New Mexico, USA

Completion

2012

Team

Rick Joy
Philipp Neher
Nicolas Norero
Luat Duong
Claudia Kappl Joy
Jerry Park
Stephanie Griffith
Daniela Lopez

Photography

Peter Ogilvie