A stunning spa/retreat in Jackson Hole, WY creates the

REDEFINING
RUSTIC
A
stunning spa/retreat in Jackson Hole, WY
creates the perfect marriage of the natural
landscape with luxury accomodations. Ironhaus
designed and manufactured fireplaces, fireplace
doors, lighting, railing, and architectural sculputres
that capture this aesthetic...
PROJECT: The Four Seasons Resort
ARCHITECT: HKS Hill-Glazier Studio
INTERIOR DESIGN: Brayton-Hughes Design Studio
CONSTRUCTION: Jacobson Construction
CLIENT: LDW Resort & Hotel Development
The Four Seasons Resort in Jackson Hole, WY
sits in a pristine valley, surrounded by the glorious Teton Mountains. The area is distinguished by sweeping vistas of the nearby
towering Tetons, alpine forests, and wooded aspen groves.
The design and architecture of the resort pull those elements of the natural landscape into the building, creating the
perfect marriage of rustic and luxury.
During the middle of the construction process, Ironhaus
GM and Lead Designer, Tim Campbell was approached by the
onsite project manager, Keith Lamparter. As Keith explains:
“We had other people contracted for the work who couldn’t
do what we needed. Tim’s name was passed along to me, and
he had some work on display in a showroom in Jackson at the
time. I went and looked at his work and then met with him. We
originally had him contracted for a small amount of work and
we were so pleased that we gave him more and more work on
the job.”
Keith and his team sat down with Tim. “The concept they
wantes was rustic, organic, curved lines and natural angles, really bringing the natural landscape into the resort,” says Tim.
Tim was inspired by the aspen groves so prevalent to that
landscape. “They defined that organic element, conveying rest,
and fulfillment.”
The aspen leaf motif was carried throughout, in the railing, doors, and the main entrance where Tim made full sized
iron aspen sculptures creating an aspen grove as guests enter
the resort.
Ironhaus de-
signed and built all
the fireplaces in the
public living spaces,
the fireplace doors in
the condos, as well as
outdoor lighting for
the front entrance to
the resort.
The result was
a cohesive look and
feeling to the ironwork throughout,
bringing in the organic elements of the natural landscape, and
making the guests
feel as if they were
not only experiencing the outdoors, but
completely immersed
in the outdoors.
The Four Seasons project cemented Ironhaus’s reputation in the industry
for their unparalleled
craftsmanship, authentic design, and
professionalism.
Following the project, Tim
challenged himself to think about the kind of company he wanted to operate, and how he wanted his
artisan’s to work.
Tim explains: “There are always challenges on
a large scale project where you have various builders, subcontractors, specialty contractors, designers,
and management all wanting what is best for the
project. The challenge for a blacksmith shop, or any
custom shop like Ironhaus is that the work we do is
so specific it requires being onsite for installation.
By the nature of how it works, you’re waiting for the
guy ahead of you to finish his work, and he’s waiting
for the guy ahead of him. A lot of times you’re sitting
around on a job site, just waiting. For the homeowner, or the buidling owner it means a delay and added
cost. Also, there is very little synergy between the
trades with everyone doing their own little piece of
the job. It’s during the installation where you run
into problems of making it all work together. I can
build something to spec, but if the guy ahead of me
is a little off, then my work will be a little off. To me
it seemed like there had to be a better way to do
things.”
Tim wanted to be able to do the custom
metalwork that he loved, while making products that
architects, builders, and homeowners could easily
use and incorporate into their designs or homes.
To achieve this Tim decided to focus on a core
line of products that he could design, and build in
his studio in Montana, and ship to anywhere in the
world, that would be easy for the end-user to install,
and would fit with their existing system or a new system. Ironhaus focused on fireplaces, fireplace doors,
screens and freestanding screens. Clients would get
a custom fit, design and style, along with color and
finishes options, designed, built and shipped in four
weeks. To date, Ironhaus has a 100% delivery rate.
Tim also looked at ways to streamline production in his shop. He wanted to empower his team
of artisans by having them each focus on what they
do best, and becoming specialists at that one thing.
“Traditionally, everyone in the shop knows how to
do everything, but not well enough to be really good
at it,” says Tim. Doing things this way has improved
the production process, as well as the quality and
crafstmanship of the work Ironhaus produces.
It has also allowed Tim to focus on product
design and development. “Now that we have a
process that works well, and a team of specialists,
we can start to reintroduce things like lighting, and
introduce new products as well.”
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Tim’s sketches showing the initial aspen
motif that was incorporated through the
metalwork Ironhaus
did for the project.
Inspired design. Unparalleled craftmanship. Easy installation.
Seamless integration
Ironhaus will announce a line of outdoor
fire features including fire pits, and fire
tables. They’re also designing and developing a line of range hoods, iron doors,
and adding to their fireplace surround offerings. “Because what we really do best
is custom ironwork,” says Tim
Ironhaus has always valued its
working relationship with architects,
builders and designers, providing customers and clients with a complete custom
experience from inspiration to installation.
In the weeks leading up to the
International Builders Show, Tim and his
December, 2013
team are working hard to design and build
a new line of custom iron architectural
elements for the home. “It’s nice looking
back at what you’ve done, and exciting
to see what you can do in the future,”
explains Tim. “We’re looking forward to
doing some great things with architects,
builders and designers this coming year.”
If you’d like to read more about
how Ironhaus combines custom work
with plug-n-play design to help residential
and commercial clients like the Four Seasons Resort read our white paper: Lean
Manufacturing and Custom Design.