Like pebbles carefully arranged in a Japanese garden these pods are the receptor that programmatically contain the elements of a home. The spaces have a porous and smooth flow between one another affording exceptional opportunities for living and entertaining.

‘The Cloud House is a planned weekend retreat, which is situated on a promontory high along a ridge of the Colorado Plateau. The site offers panoramic views from numerous vantage points. The house is nestled in a grove of dramatic Aspen trees.
The design is a study in openness, transparency, lightness, and reflections. The house approaches near invisibility at certain times of the year. The floor plan is an abstract interpretation of a cumulus cloud shape transformed into a series of five rotated and elliptically shaped glass pods. The combined spaces have a softly nuanced suppleness based on the way the forms are hinged together. Each pod is an individual room having a distinct programmatic function. Room openings were created at the interstitial space where the pods meet. Interior doors have been reduced to a minimum. The overall design is a loose free-form assemblage which is informed by its unique relationship to the site, and offers an incomparable meeting place of earth and sky.
Programmatically the house contains an entry pod, kitchen/dining areas, bedroom/storage/bathroom, living area, and a study/bar/powder room. The spaces have a porous and smooth flow between one another which affords exceptional opportunities for living and entertaining.’

ARCHITECT: Axis Mundi Design LLC, New York, NY, USA. LOCATION: Lizard Head Pass, Colorado, USA. DESCRIPTION: residential. AREA: 2200 sq. ft. DESIGN TEAM: John Beckmann, with Jacob George. RENDERINGS: Jacob George. DIAGRAMS AND MODEL: Jacob George and Jessica Marvin. DATE: 2012. No part of this web site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of Morfae and the copyright owner.