88 Engine Creek Ct Durango, CO 81301

One of Durango’s finest high-performance custom home builders, Mantell-Hecathorn Builders, designed and constructed this Frank Lloyd Wright inspired residence for their family in Edgemont Highlands.  The home considers and takes into its structural and site-line paradigms the canyon below the home.  Clean linear alignment of structural elements are enhanced through the use of natural materials and colors on the exterior while extensive use of oversized windows and clerestories invite natural light into the open floor plan.  The alpine setting is both an ideal and soothing canopy for the view corridors and integral to the home’s emphasis on bringing the outdoors inside.  The standing rib steel roof provides for elegant linear flow while allowing for lower-pitch Wright inspired rooflines.  This design and roof structure also provide a higher-quality longer-lasting structure with fire safety as a principal benefit beyond the obvious aesthetic supremacy.  The rooms of this residence rarely require additional lighting in the daytime due to the careful consideration of the prevailing southwest Colorado sun positions relevant to the home.   Though architectural artisanship and fine craftsmanship are highly relevant calling cards, there’s a palpable sense of warmth and comfort only a pine forested canopy in a high-alpine setting and this kind of considerate design provide a mountain lifestyle. The home is beautifully designed for one-level living, with each of the three bedrooms featuring its own en-suite bathroom.  With a dedication and passion for environmental design, the home construction's key green-built features of the residence include:  high efficiency forced air heat and air conditioning, a heat recovery ventilator (HRV) system, Home Energy Rating System (HERS) score of 49, Energy Star Certified Home, Indoor Air Plus Qualified Home certification, on-demand hot water heater, whole house water filter, and site and solar orientation to maximize natural light.  The home is also certified under the guidelines of the more rigorous Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Home program. Additionally this exquisite home offers white oak genuine hardwood floors, built in bookcases, open concept floor plan and gourmet kitchen including leathered granite island counter, quartz perimeter counters, double wall ovens, and walk-in pantry.  A beautiful office / art studio / yoga room offers a bonus 4th room with patio doors leading to an outside sitting area. You will want to spend most of your time in the spacious and bright living room with vaulted ceiling and oversized sliding patio doors leading to the generous patio space outside which flows seamlessly to the beautiful natural surrounds of this quiet cul-de-sac location, backing to open space and trails.  Enjoy the natural landscape and cultivated Japanese inspired garden spaces with drip irrigation zones.  This home offers the finest craftsmanship at every turn, and perfectly blends clean lines and contemporary style with warm features and comfortable living, all within exceptional high-performance construction.