Find Inspiration from Past Home of the Year Winners for HOTY 2024

Celebrating impeccable design over the years

June 5, 2024

Elizabeth Mehert-Ab,

For 30 years, Mountain Living has had the honor of having hundreds of Home of the Year submissions come through its editorial doors. The attention to detail, endless creativity and overall grandeur never cease to amaze. As 2024 submissions to begin trickling in, we wanted to take a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

July/August 2000:

Photo: Michael Shopenin and David Livingston

Squaw Valley, California
Architect/Builder: Greg Dorland, Dorland Properties
Interior Designer: Catherine Macfee, Catherine Macfee & Associates

September/October 2001:

Photo: David O. Marlow

Vail, Colorado
Architects: Tom Mayhew and Gorden Pierce
Builder: Rob Fawcett, Shaeffer Construction
Interior Designer/Architect: Leslie Davis, Annette Stelmack, Kari Foster and Beth Scott of Associates III

September/October 2002:

Photo: Povy Kendal Atchison

Crested Butte, Colorado
Construction: John Stock, High Mountain Concepts
Architect: Joe Bob Merritt
Cabinets: John Stock, High Country Concepts

Photo: Frank Carter

St. George, Utah
Architect: Raymond Jones
Builder: JD Thompson
Interior Designer: Rebecca Buchan

Photo: Linda Hanselman

Park City, Utah
Architect: Charles Cunniffe
Designers: Paula Berg, Amy Slaughter, Sally Christiansen
Artist: Paul Said

October 2003:

Photography: Robert Brown

Winner
Squaw Valley, California
Architect: Dale Cox of Cox and Kromydas Architects
Builder: Doc Gelso Construction of Truckee, California
Interior Design: Jackie Helms-Harger and Marti McElhinney of The Open Door in Reno

Honorable Mentions
Evergreen, Colorado
Architect: Karen Keating and Paul Deardorff of TKP Architects
Builder: Andy Ades, of Ades Design
Interior: Carron Taylor

Alberta, Canada
Architect: Bill Marshall of Calgary-based Marshal Tittemore Architects
Timber Frame: Ontario Thistlewood homes and Robert Mitchell of Mitchell Masterhomes
Interior Design: Carla Fisher of Sticks and Stones Design Group of canmore, Alberta

October 2004:

Photo: Jeff Scroggins

Snowmass Village, CO
Architect: Tim Hagman of Hagman Architects Ltd
Construction: Steve Hanson of Hansen Construction Inc.
Woodwork: Michael Merritt of Merritt Woodwork
Interior Design: Tammy Kupper of Animate Objects Interior Design, Zoe Murphy Compton and her production assistant Toni McWIlliams

October 2005:

Photo: Jeffrey Green

Sedona, Arizona
Architect: David Finholm, Finholm Architects, Inc.
Builder: Phil Morris, The Phil Morris Company
Interior Design: Karen S. White, ASID, FW Design Group
Landscape Architect: Pere Cure, Arterra, Inc.

September/October 2006:

Photo: Audrey Hall

Yellowstone Club Community
Architect: Locati Architects
Builder: Schlauch Bottcher Construction
Interior Design: Lynnelle Oseroff-Stoner, in association with Locati Architects

September 2007:

Photo: David O. Marlow

Aspen, Colorado
Architect: Charles Cunniffe, Charles Cunniffe Architects
Builder: John Olson, John Olson Builders
Interior Design: Homeowner with Charles Cunniffe, Charles Cunniffe Architects
Landscape Architect: Christie Jensen

July/August 2008:

Photo: Michael Shopenin and Jim Bartsch

Avon, Colorado
Architect: Jane Snyder, Mosaic Architects
Builder: Joe Rzepiejewski, Rzepiejewski & Co.
Interior Design: Homeowner in consultation with Jean Hogan and Mary Sheridan
Landscape Architect: Jamie McCluskie, Sonesmac, additional design from Glen Ellison, Land Designs by Ellison
Masonry: Gallegos Corp.
Doors Millwork: R&R Millwork
Fireplaces: Harold Clayton