Ark House by Axis Mundi

New Yorker architects from Axis Mundi created this sustainable citadel in the Montana plains called Ark House. They filled the request to design a home for a 100 acre site in Madison Valley, that feels contemporary while still related to the ancient landscape.


The Ark House has a very provocative residential design, including a 4,800 sq ft deck and 5400 sq ft three story interior. As you enter, a vast covered space like an open barn leads you to a staircase and then a bridge crossing over a pond. After what, the living space comes into view.

Residents must cross to the main house in the other end of the long narrow building, either by ascending to a platform out over both sides of the house or via a bridge passing over a three-storey atrium below.

Living areas and bedrooms in the four-storey home each look out over the mountainside at one end, and into the atrium at the other. Architect also conceived the house with a near zero energy profile with a high performance envelope, a ground source heat pump and solar electric panels built into the roof system.

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