Page 17 - Green Builder March-April 2017 Issue

Buried HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Treasure Grand Overall Winner

2016

For this Montana home,

restriction was the

mother of invention.

BY JULIET GRABLE

LIENTS APPROACHED ARCHITECT Mike
Wiseman and builder Rob Evans of
Constructive Solutions Inc. with a simple
task: Design and build a two-story home
for their premium parcel near Gallatin
C Gateway, Mont. The property is on a
“bench” overlooking the south end of the Gallatin
Valley, with incredible views of nearby mountains
and wilderness.
But a viewshed restriction made homebuilding
difficult, if not impossible. The neighborhood below
had created covenants, one of which stated that
any development on the “bench” above must not be
visible from their properties.

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