Cushing Terrell was commissioned to design a structure to be used as a backdrop for a sculptor’s on-site commission at the 12,000-acre-spanning Tippet Rise Art Center, located just outside Fishtail, Montana. The program requirements for the project were simple: replicate a late-1800s one-room Montana schoolhouse to provide a relatively protected in...
Project name
"Daydreams" School House at Tippet Rise Art Center
Architecture firm
Cushing Terrell
Location
Fishtail, Montana, USA
Photography
Karl Neumann, Jimmy Talarico, Travis Estvold
Collaborators
Patrick Dougherty (artist)
Structural engineer
DCI Engineers
Construction
JxM & Associates
Client
Tippet Rise Art Center
Typology
Cultural › Art Center, Installation
Situated on ten acres at the meeting of two rivers near Whitefish, Montana, Confluence House is a fly fisherman's dream. Conceived as a getaway for family and friends, the home’s design is derived and influenced by the geophysics of the surrounding landscape; becoming a seamless addition to the natural environment, rather than an interruption. View...
Project name
Confluence House
Architecture firm
Cushing Terrell
Location
Whitefish, Montana, USA
Principal architect
David Koel
Design team
Fran Quiram, PM/Architect
Collaborators
CMG (Geotechnical Engineer)
Interior design
David Koel, Fran Quiram
Built area
2,282 ft² main house and 946 ft² guest house
Structural engineer
Beaudette Consulting Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Gerry Nichols-Pagel (Mechanical Engineer), Carl Maehl (Electrical Engineer)
Landscape
Wes Baumgartner
Construction
Martel Construction
Typology
Residential › House
