Farm-to-Table Style

Rural remodel outside Las Vegas closes ‘loop of sustainability.’Just outside downtown Las Vegas, among a crop of homes on acre-plus lots in an old agricultural area, Michael Gardner’s grown the concept of indoor-outdoor living into a unique utopia.Gardner, principal of Henderson-based Studio G Architecture, remodeled a 1950s farm house he describes as “a sieve. Tons of air loss. We had steel windows – it just didn’t have a strong thermal envelope.”He wanted to bring the residence up to today’s standards while honoring the property’s heritage. “We really took influence from the rural, agricultural zoning of the neighborhood and used materials and design aesthetics that complemented that in a modern way,” Gardner says, citing the use of... More