Near Taos, on an ancient sagebrush plain, the Troy House rises from the landscape as it recalls the angles of the San Antonio Mountains on the western horizon beyond. The house is a surrogate mountain, an abstraction of the landscape.
In mirroring the slopes of the surrounding mountains, the house ascends from a bermed embankment that anchors the house to the earth's thermal stability to the adjacent spaces. Likewise from the north, a wide stairway ascends, its angled parapet paralleling the mountain angle. On descending the stair, the views are channeled to the snow-capped Truchas Peaks.
A portal-colonnade guides circulation to the house entry as it aligns with a mountain peak on the horizon.