Yurt-Inspired Home on the Range

This home’s owners wanted to build a series of yurt tents on the high desert plains in the western Colorado town of Fruita, but one look at the surrounding landscape and it became clear that nomadic notions would not hold up to nature's harsh elements. “The first time I visited the site, it was about 107 degrees outside. It felt like I was stepping into an oven,” says architect Rick Dominick of Dominick Architects.