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Jonathan Faulkner Architect:

Jonathan Faulkner is a one person Steamboat architectural office, by choice, specializing in mountain architecture. I like to be involved in every phase of the project and I want to understand what my clients are thinking and exactly what their design needs are. I opened my architectural firm in Steamboat Springs Colorado in 1993. My wife, Sue and I enjoy the Colorado climate and lifestyle and decided to move here from Columbus, Ohio.

My life in Architecture:

I am a graduate of Ohio University, with a BFA in Architecture, and have been licensed since 1973 . After college I took a year off and traveled the world, including Australia, Asia and Europe. Then I worked as an architectural associate in Ohio, gaining experience in multi-family housing, hospital design, and lots of commercial and public work. Then, for 15 years, I taught architecture and, at the same time, operated a practice, specializing in custom residential design and sustainable green building.

Residential design:

My passion is residential design. I have a need to get into the heads and hearts of my clients in order to understand their home design needs. I start that process by having all of my clients fill out a detailed questionnaire. Then we talk, and talk, in great detail. Once I have a clear understanding of who the client is and those things specific to that person, we begin to design, together. Step by step, as a team, until we arrive at the best solution that works for the client and the particular piece of ground they have chosen, the house and the site working together, seamlessly. Great houses provide us with shelter, both physical and emotional. They nurture our aspirations, comfort us, excite us, and enrich our lives, especially in a place like Colorado.

Your well designed home will look and feel as fresh twenty years from now as it does the day you move in. It is your dream home in your dream location. Together, we make that dream into reality.

There are two excellent books on residential design that I recommend you read, before we get started. They are “The Not So Big House” by Sarah Susanka and “Patterns of Home” by Jacobson, Silverstein and Winslow.