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Nove 2

This is a project by Studio B Architects and it is located at Aspen, CO, United States. Project's program: Single family house. There are twenty seven images for Nove 2.

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Project details

Project name: Nove 2
Location: Aspen, CO, United States
Program: Single family house
Area: Site size: 10,800 sf • Project size: 3,200 sf
Year: Project year: 2009
More details: Scope of work: The single owner required a small private house to display an extensive art collection • Primary materials: Limestone panels, aluminum clad doors and windows
Project by: Studio B Architects

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Designer's statement

This small residual wedge-shaped property sat vacant for years given its many site restraints and complexities including; front streets on two sides, 10’-0” snow storage easements on 2 sides, buried City of Aspen main water and electric lines directly under the building footprint which required re-location and a year of approvals and strict zoning ordinances given its location in Aspen’s Historic West End.

The resulting solution is a direct response to these parameters and is a stone clad ‘sculpture’ which hints to the owners’ art collection housed primarily within its double-height space.

The program of 3200 square feet is divided between an upper private level, the public main floor and the lower guest level. The exterior materials consist of a light-weight limestone panel system with aluminum windows and doors.