Colorado Style Home Floor Plans

This custom home in Colorado is a prime example of how architectural vision and engineering excellence can transform a challenging site into a breathtaking living space. Built into a sloping mountainside, the home showcases a floating main living area suspended above the ground and anchored by robust stone pillars. This innovative design, supported by long steel beams, allows the structure to seemingly levitate, offering unobstructed views of the stunning landscape while harmoniously integrating with the natural terrain.

The roof design studies modern sophistication, featuring flat and single-slope roofs contributing to the home’s sleek, contemporary aesthetic. The flat roof sections provide a clean, minimalist look, emphasizing horizontal lines that mirror the expansive horizon. Meanwhile, the single-slope roof, with its subtle incline, not only enhances the home’s dynamic silhouette but also allows for optimal water drainage and snow shedding, a crucial consideration in Colorado’s varied climate.

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Inside, the open-concept layout is complemented by these architectural features, with the sloped roof creating soaring ceilings that add to the sense of space and airiness. The flat roof sections allow expansive skylights, inviting even more natural light into the home and further blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor living.

This home is a masterful blend of form and function, where every architectural element is carefully considered to create a living space that is both visually striking and perfectly suited to its environment. From the floating living area to the distinctive rooflines, this Colorado custom home is a celebration of innovative design and thoughtful engineering, offering an unparalleled living experience in one of the most beautiful settings in the world.

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Key Features

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Bold, Angular Rooflines

Floating Main Living Space: A distinctive architectural element, the main living area floats above the landscape, supported by strategically placed stone pillars and engineered steel beams. This design not only offers stunning views but also creates a unique connection with the surrounding environment.

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Extended Flat Roofs

Integrated Slope Design: Expertly built into a sloping site, the home maximizes the natural topography, blending seamlessly with the mountainside while providing stability and an innovative use of the terrain.

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Unique Circular Window

Flat and Single-Slope Roofs: The combination of flat and single-slope roofs contributes to the home’s modern aesthetic, enhancing its clean lines and adding functional benefits like improved drainage and natural light infusion through skylights.

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Open-Concept Layout

Expansive Window Walls: Floor-to-ceiling windows dominate the design, offering uninterrupted panoramic views of the Colorado wilderness and ensuring the interior is bathed in natural light throughout the day.

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Expansive Windows

Natural Materials: The use of locally sourced stone and rich wood tones throughout the home complements the rugged beauty of the landscape, creating a warm, inviting atmosphere that harmonizes with the natural surroundings.

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Natural Materials

Open-Concept Layout: The thoughtful layout encourages a seamless flow between indoor and outdoor living spaces, perfect for both everyday living and entertaining.

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Integrated Indoor-Outdoor Living

Outdoor Living Areas: Designed for year-round enjoyment, the outdoor spaces include expansive decks and patios that extend the living area into the breathtaking Colorado outdoors.

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Our commitment goes beyond just building beautiful homes; the Purcell team is dedicated to curating an exceptional experience for our clients from start to finish. We deliver high-quality craftsmanship at every step, from design to build. Whether you are looking to create a custom home from scratch or modify one of our catalogue designs, we want to work with you on your vision!
 
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    Custom Design Floor Plans

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    COLORADO CUSTOM HOME DESIGN & FLOOR PLANS

    OUR HOMES ARE EXTREMELY DURABLE AND DESIGNED FOR THE CLIMATE

    Whether your home is in Park City, Utah, Alaska, Revelstoke or Whistler, BC, Big Sky, Montana, or Lake Tahoe, California, Purcell embraces demanding climates. Our homes are designed and built to withstand the heaviest snowfall and extreme weather, including high hurricane winds and seismic activity along the coastlines of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California.

    We also specialize in oceanfront and lakefront design and build projects, addressing floodplain concerns and strict waterfront setback requirements. By utilizing cantilevering, we maximize site use and enhance views, ensuring that each home not only withstands nature’s challenges but also harmonizes beautifully with its surroundings.

    Our expertise is conventional wood framing, adhering to all building codes, including the particularly stringent codes of British Columbia, Canada, and California, USA. Our buildings are engineered, plan-stamped, and inspected on-site, receiving final certification from structural engineers. Built to meet rigorous live load requirements, our homes are prepared for all environmental conditions, ensuring our homes are at the forefront of safety, durability, and beauty in any setting.

    WE DELIVER

    From our base in Nelson, BC, Purcell takes care of packaging and shipping your timber frame home package to your location, whether in Canada, the USA, or internationally. Our process ensures that your custom home components arrive securely and ready for assembly.

    GET STARTED | OUR PROCESS

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    CHOOSE FROM OUR CATALOGUE COLLECTION OR WE WILL CREATE A CUSTOM DESIGN

    We offer a catalogue collection of prefab home design packages, or we can create a custom home design for you. Read more about our home builder services.

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    DESIGN DEPOSIT PAYMENT

    We start all projects with a $20,000 design deposit payment and a copy of your property land survey.

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    DESIGN

    When we receive your design deposit and property land survey, we schedule a phone call to review your wish list and design ideas for the home. We will send your round 1 design as soon as it is ready and go back-and-forth together with the design until you are 100% happy with it.

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    PERMIT & BUILD

    Once you are 100% happy with the design, we will enter the permit and build phase. We then engineer the home and create all the plan pages for your building permit submission. As soon as your permit is approved, your foundation gets poured, and Purcell will arrive with your home package.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    The design is inspired by the natural beauty of the Colorado landscape, emphasizing a strong connection between the indoors and outdoors through expansive windows and integration with the sloping terrain.

    The floating living space provides unobstructed views of the surrounding mountains and creates a unique architectural statement while efficiently utilizing the sloped site.

    The home features locally sourced stone, rich wood tones, and high-quality steel beams, chosen for both their aesthetic appeal and durability in the Colorado climate.

    The flat and single-slope roofs enhance the modern design while ensuring effective water drainage and snow shedding, making them ideal for Colorado’s varied weather conditions.

    Yes, while this home showcases our architectural capabilities, each project is 100% customizable.

    Absolutely. The design incorporates energy-efficient features such as high-performance windows, strategic insulation, and optimal orientation for natural light, all of which contribute to reduced energy consumption.

    The home includes expansive decks and patios designed for year-round use, perfect for enjoying the stunning natural surroundings in every season.

    The home is engineered to withstand Colorado’s diverse climate, from heavy snowfall in the winter to warm summers, ensuring comfort and durability year-round.

    1: CHOOSE FROM OUR CATALOGUE COLLECTION OR WE WILL CREATE A CUSTOM DESIGN
    We offer a catalogue collection of prefab home design packages, or we can create a custom home design for you. Read more about our home builder services.

    2: DESIGN DEPOSIT PAYMENT
    We start all projects with a $20,000 design deposit payment and a copy of your property land survey.

    3: DESIGN
    When we receive your design deposit and property land survey, we schedule a phone call to review your wish list and design ideas for the home. We will send your round 1 design as soon as it is ready and go back-and-forth together with the design until you are 100% happy with it.

    4: PERMIT & BUILD
    Once you are 100% happy with the design, we will enter the permit and build phase. We then engineer the home and create all the plan pages for your building permit submission. As soon as your permit is approved, your foundation gets poured, and Purcell will arrive with your home package.

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    PREFAB CUSTOM HOME DESIGN & BUILD QUOTES

    DESIGNED & BUILT TO INSPIRE
    Our commitment goes beyond just building beautiful homes; the Purcell team is dedicated to curating an exceptional experience for our clients from start to finish. We deliver high-quality craftsmanship at every step, from design to build. Whether you are looking to create a custom home from scratch or modify one of our catalogue designs, we want to work with you on your vision!
     
    Start your design and build journey with us today by filling out our contact form.

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