You want a house that’s beautiful, efficient, comfortable, and in tune with nature.
We want you to feel like coming home is the best thing in the world.
Scheefers Architecture offers planning and design services for people who share our passion for modern design, harmony with the natural environment, and unparalleled comfort.
For you we specialize in new homes and major renovations. We listen to what you care about, dream of, and how you live. Together, we work alongside you to envision, plan, and design the home you want in a way that respects the environment—and works with your site and the surrounding landscape. Then we use high-performance building strategies to ensure your home looks, functions, and feels even better than you imagined.
Specializing in High-Performance Design
Rest assured: This is about more than adding solar panels or living in a tiny house.
We want you to have breathtaking vistas from your kitchen table, thoughtful gathering spaces for living and entertaining…. and dramatically reduce your carbon footprint.
High-performance homes depart from mainstream (and outdated) design practices of the twentieth century, delivering unparalleled gains in energy efficiency, health and sustainability, while radically reducing mechanical heating and cooling costs and maintenance.
You may have heard of terms like Passive House, Net Zero Energy, Energy Star, or LEED certification. These are all high-performance design standards.
We’re happy to walk you through which approach makes sense for you, given your vision, budget, values, and land.
Our Philosophy.
Each project is different
We listen to what each of our clients wants, envisions, and needs… and use a collaborative creative process to craft a design that brings your singular vision into being.
Connection with Nature
We have the ability, technology, and skills to design and build homes that have a minimal impact on the natural world – and require very little effort or cost to maintain.
Love where you live
Homes are more than mere shelter. They hold our relationships and daily lives, and remind us that we, too, are a part of nature.
Services
Depending on where you are in your planning and design process, we offer a range of services:
Full Architectural Services
We offer comprehensive planning and design services to fit your site, personal preferences, financial situation, and green building targets.
Pre-design Services
Not ready for the full design process? We offer a range of flat fee à la carte services, from site evaluations to reviewing what you want, need, and can afford to build (also called a pre-design “program”).
Travis Scheefer
ARCHITECT
Since 2008, Travis Scheefer has designed and built modern, high-performance homes and completed major renovations across the Rocky Mountain west. All of his projects go far beyond meeting energy code, with some designed to the Passive House standard and achieving “net-zero” energy usage.
Travis primarily works with homeowners, developers, and spec builders who value modern design, low maintenance and upkeep costs, environmental sustainability, unparalleled comfort and healthy building materials. He lives and works in Gunnison, Colorado. When he’s not chasing around his two-year-old daughter, Isabel, you’ll find him exploring the mountains on bike or skis.
Let’s have a conversation.
The first step is to talk with one another. You can expect me to ask you about your project and where you are in the process of planning and design, and answer any questions you may have about what it could look like to work together.
Email travis(at)scheefers.com or call me at (970)596-778seven.
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“It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”
— Testimonial
“It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”
— Testimonial
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