I believe that I didn’t choose residential design, but rather that it chose me. Growing up the son of a realtor, I tagged along to open houses whenever I could, drew house plans when bored and pored over house magazines until new editions came in the mail. Perhaps not the most self-aware, it wasn’t until after my first degree in studio art from Whitman College in Walla Walla, that I finally succumbed and enrolled at the University of Arizona College of Architecture in Tucson. Upon graduating in 1996, I moved to Missoula and worked for various architecture firms. To concentrate on the unique challenges of residential work, I started Habitare Design Studio, Inc. in 1999. When not in the studio, I may be found running the trails of the Rattlesnake Wilderness Area, road bike riding a quiet stretch of Glacier National Park or simply extolling the virtues of cantilevered beams to my children. Perhaps they won’t choose to design houses either, but you can’t blame a guy for trying.
Jeff Rolston-Clemmer
habitare design studio, inc
12 Contour Road
Missoula, MT 59802
(406) 396-0580
jeff@habitaredesign.com
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