Traditionally, mountain life has been about seeking, choosing, making and holding a home place. A place where you are defined and rewarded by all you see, not just what you own. A place where you feel at home in the landscape, just as much as you do in your house built upon it. Platt’s New Mountain Architecture creates such home places today, enabling even those new to the mountains to take their place among those who have been here for generations. New Mountain Architecture is not so much a style or school as a thoughtful response to surroundings. For instance, Platt’s houses feature straightforward forms, simple details, and native, long-favored wood species and stone types. Once, these design elements were almost inevitable in light of the mountains’ historic isolation and modest economy. Today, they are choices, and good ones, because they naturally connect Platt’s new houses to their settings, and extend an unpretentious welcome to all. Click to read more...