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Where Your Home Begins

Architecture, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Every GB home starts on your site, not at a drafting table. Our architectural team meets you at your home or your land to understand your property, your goals, and how you actually live — the terrain, the views worth building around, the way light moves across the lot through the day.

From there, your home takes shape around what you actually want to live in — Mountain Contemporary, Modern Farmhouse, or something entirely your own — always suited to Steamboat: exposed steel and timber, warm wood and stone, rooms and windows configured to keep the mountains in view rather than competing with them.

Our Design Phases:

  • Concept Design - Through early conversations, site analysis, and initial sketches, we translate your vision into a clear design direction.
  • Schematic Design - The concept is developed into floor plans, exterior elevations, and a 3D model. You will begin to see your home take shape.
  • Design Development - With the overall design established, we focus on the details, materials, building systems, and interior elements that bring the home to life.
  • Construction Documents - The design is translated into a fully coordinated set of drawings. The final details are carefully resolved to enhance the character and intent of your home.
  • Construction Administration - During construction, our architects remain involved through site visits, coordination meetings, and ongoing support for you and our field crews, helping ensure the home remains true to the design.

From here, your project moves into construction, with the same team carrying it through, no handoff, no new faces.

On the boards: a look at renderings and schematics from projects currently in design.

Rustic two-story house with stone and wood exterior, large windows, balconies, and a grand piano visible through an upper window; surrounded by trees and grassy landscape.
Architectural illustration of a large, modern mountain home with multiple levels, wood and stone exterior, large windows, a three-car garage, terraces, outdoor seating areas, a fire pit, and a hot tub, surrounded by landscaping.
Watercolor-style illustration of a modern two-story house with large windows, wooden and stone exterior, two fireplaces, balconies, and a covered patio, surrounded by grass and soft, cloudy sky in the background.
A watercolor-style rendering of a large house with a gabled roof, set in a grassy landscape with distant mountains. A white car is parked on the curved driveway in front. Scattered trees surround the property.
A watercolor-style aerial view of a modern house surrounded by trees and mountains, with a winding road, rivers, and open fields in the background.
Architectural illustration of a modern ranch-style house with stone and wood accents, large windows, and two chimneys, set against a backdrop of rolling hills and mountains under a partly cloudy sky.
Architectural illustration of a modern two-story house with stone and wood exterior, surrounded by trees on a hillside, featuring a driveway with a parked vehicle.
A large rustic house with wood and stone finishes sits by a lake, surrounded by trees and mountains under a cloudy sky. Smoke rises from a chimney, and wildflowers line the driveway.
A rustic mountain house with wood and stone exterior, large windows, and a front porch, set amid landscaped gardens and hills at sunset with a colorful sky.
A modern wooden staircase with glass railing in a minimalist room, featuring a built-in bench below the stairs, a vase, pillows, a wall lamp, and a window letting in natural light.
A modern two-story house with wood and stone exterior, large windows, a spacious balcony, three-car garage, and a lawn, surrounded by trees.