Nestled on a 2.5-acre site at the edge of a meadow in Aspen, Colorado, the Meadow House by local architecture firm Rowland+Broughton was designed as a modern, gabled home that transitions from a traditional front to an open back with views of the landscape and surrounding mountains.

In addition to the sights from the 8,500-square-foot home, the team designed a separate greenhouse for a year-round edible garden and to enable a farm-to-table learning experience. Built into a slope and anchored at the rear by a gray stone wall, the 750-square-foot structure was sited to maximize solar access and designed to complement the adjacent home.

Black steel–framed windows and skylights provide an open air effect, while custom black steel planters allow for year-round growing for certain plantings. A work and storage area, with a custom maple edge-grain, butcher block-topped table and matching wood shelving, is tucked into one end, and the team finalized the area outside with a trio of custom, untreated cedar planters to allow for experimentation on the exterior of the building.