Yellowstone Bend Ranch is located on the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana. Our clients, active environmentalists and enlightened developers, hired us to create a master plan for a “conservation development” that accommodated a limited number of home sites and shared amenities residents, with the bulk of the ranch to be put into a conservation easement and held in common. We were also hired to develop schematic designs for the homestead, the landscape, trout pond, house, and barn. We designed a pedestrian community organized to reveal the history and ecology of the site. A pedestrian path connects a reconstructed wetland at the edge of the prairie with a pavilion near the river; the renovated homestead is at the midpoint. Residents can experience the natural diversity of the site, utilize the amenities, and visit with neighbors, all without driving.
YELLOWSTONE BEND RANCH
2007 BIG TIMBER, MT
© 2008 Fernau & Hartman Architects