Article From: Architects + Artisans
The good people of Bozeman, Mont. received an early holiday gift this year, courtesy of CLB Architects in Jackson.
It’s called Town Enclosure and it’s an art installation originally commissioned by Jackson Hole Public Art with support from the Center for the Arts, as well as Jackson businesses and private donors.
It was developed as part of the Center for the Arts Creative in Residence Program, and conceived as a gathering space that also functioned as a sculptural object in the center of Jackson.
“It was on the lawn of the Center for the Arts, a block from our office where we worked on it,” says Forrest Britton, CLB’s project manager for Town Enclosure. “There was a competition open to the general public, including individuals, and other design firms.”
The Jackson office (CLB also has one in Bozeman) held an internal design charrette, and a small committee chose its favorite iteration. “We developed renderings, drawings, and images trying to conjure it over a two-week span, and submitted,” he says. “It won in the competition.”
