When I was first interviewed by the prospective client for this remodel, I was five months pregnant. I brought up the pregnancy during our first meeting; it wasn’t obvious yet. She handled the news with congratulations and all-around grace. It was a great first meeting, the best kind of interview […]
February 28, 2025, is a blackout date in my memory. That occasion marked a towering, immense, all-time personal and professional goal. I moved into the home I designed for myself and my family. As always with my momentous life milestones, I find it hard to quiet myself and be there […]
The Carbondale Aquatics Center opens to the public Saturday, May 23rd, 2026. Architecture is sometimes about architecture, and sometimes it’s not. Like this place for me, it’s more about being a place people love.
It’s also architecture but isn’t about architecture.
In the summer of 2008, while the architectural world was in […]
Guest blog by LAND+SHELTER’s own Kendra Oester
This is the story of how I, along with my family, built our modern, custom tiny home—a “Skoolie”.
First things first, what is a “Skoolie”? A Skoolie is a school bus that has been converted into a mobile living space— […]
Why does it cost so much to build in the Roaring Fork Valley?
My conclusion is that it’s a change to the industry, not so much any one pressure point. To look at this changing industry, I chatted with folks, sometimes briefly, sometimes for hours at a stretch. […]
I am helping clean out the attic of my husband’s grandparents’ home. Our best archeological find yet is a stamp that presses the words “Good Morning” into a piece of white bread, so – when toasted, the depressed letters stay white. “Talking toast”, it’s called. This is from the 1970’s, […]
A message about our 20th anniversary from L+S principal Andi Korber
When I first rolled into the Roaring Fork Valley in 2007, I […]
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