Professional
Biography:
Gerald Ross (Principal)
I relocated to New York City to accept a position as
a project architect and designer with Edgar Tafel, Frank Lloyd Wright's right
hand man for nine years (project architect on Falling Water and the Johnson
Wax Building).
My three years of practice with Edgar proved to be an intense time of prolific
learning combining pre-school construction knowledge, university design theory
and first hand experience in architectural process, from initial client contact
(Tom Wolfe, Jann Wenner) through final construction
administration.
It was my pleasure to be a part of the design development team on the "Circle Center" project in downtown Indianapolis while working with Ehrenkrantz & Eckstut, Architects (New York, New York). "Circle Center" is a large-scale urban renewal project, three city blocks long and four stories in height; including bridges, rotundas and atria. The "Circle Center" was completed in 1996 and featured in the April issue of Architecture magazine.
Telluride has been my home since 1993, when I was relocated by Conger Fuller Architects as a project manager for high-end residential projects. Having succeeded as a licensed architect, building in Oregon, New York and now in Colorado, starting my own firm was a natural career progression. GR Design Group was formed in 1994 with the goal of providing innovative design in the Colorado region and other regions, continents and planets, regardless of scale or complexity.
As of December 1999, I have completed construction on the first built
"Mount-Dustrial" style
home. The term
"Mount-Dustrial"
style is a mixture of two building styles:
semi-rustic mountain home and the Industrial Revolutionary Steel Era of the
mid-eighteen hundreds.
Primary elements associated with this style are structural hot rolled
steel, large spans of glass held by structural steel frames, secondary steel
materials for accent and texture such as wrought iron, wire mesh, expanded
metal, exposed bolts and washers, ect... Wood surfaces on floors and ceilings,
neutralizing the hard affects of structural steel.
In theory this style is the embodiment of two distinct periods of
building, existing side by side in the present. Each depends on the other
to compliment the whole. To learn more about this innovative design please
see our"Mount-Dustrial"
Style page to view the first completed
construction. See the Mt. Living Article on this style.
Completed
Projects:
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Mount-Dustrial
Style:
A New Style of
Mountain Architecture