{"id":208217,"date":"2025-12-01T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=208217"},"modified":"2025-11-20T03:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:58:38","slug":"pinnacle-sky-mountain-modern-architecture-marvin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/materials\/pinnacle-sky-mountain-modern-architecture-marvin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPinnacle Sky\u201d Reimagines Mountain Modern Architecture in the Utah Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perched high in the Promontory region of Park City, Utah, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinnacle\u202fSky<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> captures the contrasts of mountain modern living: bold yet serene, daring in form yet harmoniously embedded within its alpine surroundings. Designed by Michael Upwall Design Architects, the home unfolds across the hillside like a piece of origami, every plane of limestone and glass responding to mountain contours and the changing light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-208219 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_MMSD_Ang_Cl_Back_P2514139_M-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Pinnacle Sky Residence, Utah\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_MMSD_Ang_Cl_Back_P2514139_M-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_MMSD_Ang_Cl_Back_P2514139_M-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_MMSD_Ang_Cl_Back_P2514139_M-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_MMSD_Ang_Cl_Back_P2514139_M-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_MMSD_Ang_Cl_Back_P2514139_M-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_MMSD_Ang_Cl_Back_P2514139_M-2048x1072.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-208228 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-imagepaired-image-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-imagepaired-image-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-imagepaired-image-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-imagepaired-image-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-imagepaired-image-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-imagepaired-image-2048x1486.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI grew up in Utah, in the mountains,\u201d says architect Michael\u202fUpwall. \u201cI\u2019m a mountain boy\u202f\u2026\u202fit\u2019s a sacred place for me.\u202fIf we\u2019re going to go in and move into the wilderness, we want to make sure we create something that is worthy of it, that can be a part of it, not just detract from it. So what we do is try to be of the mountains, to be of the land, and make that our priority.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Architecture That Serves the Landscape<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinnacle Sky rises from the Utah hillside like a geological formation \u2014 faceted, dynamic, and deeply attuned to its alpine surroundings. Rather than dominating the terrain, the house threads through it, folding into the slope with crisp geometries that mirror the surrounding ridge lines. \u201cThis home is situated in a development called Promontory, which \u2026 sits back and looks up at the ski mountain,\u201d Upwall explains. \u201cSo that\u2019s your view. Instead of being part of it and in it, you get \u2026 the panoramic experience of the mountain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The design began with a simple walk through the trees. \u201cWe met [the clients] on the lot and walked the property with them\u202f\u2026\u202fand we just kind of wandered on the lot until we found a spot that felt magical to them,\u201d he recalls. \u201cWhat\u2019s your favorite spot here?\u202f\u2026\u202fWhat\u2019s your favorite view?\u202f\u2026\u202fWe literally built the home around those ideas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-208226 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-image-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-image-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-image-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-image-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-image-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_CU_Ang_Cl_Kit_P2514139_M_paired-image-2048x1486.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The house orients itself around an open-air living space \u2014 a protected courtyard that blurs the boundary between interior and exterior. \u201cThe home is really designed around the outdoor living room,\u201d Upwall says. \u201cThat is a room that\u2019s wrapped by floor-to-ceiling doors that open up and disappear.\u202fWe are blurring that line between inside and outside space.\u202f\u2026\u202fEven if you\u2019re inside, you\u2019re connected to [the surrounding landscape].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs you view the home from the exterior, it\u2019s very sculptural,\u201d says Upwall. \u201cIt was inspired by origami \u2014 the act of origami, where that single plane of material, if you treat it the right way, can become an object. I see the home as a bird in flight, connecting with the wilderness. It\u2019s not a static place \u2026 It\u2019s living with the place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>The Art of the Frame<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Upwall, framing the view was both a technical and poetic act. \u201cThe whole modern philosophy is to get out of the way of the view, to get out of the way of yourself, and to respond to what the sense of place is,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat is the landscape, what is the land\u202f\u2014\u202fto be a part of that, the best way to do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achieving this demanded a blend of creativity, customization and collaboration \u2014 which is where <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvin.com\/?utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=brand-25&amp;utm_content=pinnacle-sky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marvin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came in. \u201cWe found the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvin.com\/products\/collections\/modern?utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=brand-25&amp;utm_content=pinnacle-sky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marvin Modern<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> collection to be so accommodating to our design intent,\u201d says Upwall. \u201cFor so long, I was working with window companies, and they would tell me what my windows had to look like\u202f\u2026\u202fand it drove me crazy.\u202fI don\u2019t want a window company to design my home for me; I want one that can be flexible enough and to have a product that can respond \u2014 to have them always ask: \u202f\u2018How do we get to yes?\u2019\u202finstead of starting at no\u202f\u2026\u202fthat collaboration and that connection is key. I found that Marvin Modern really hit those marks for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-208222 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_Ang_Cl_LivRm_P2514139_M-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_Ang_Cl_LivRm_P2514139_M-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_Ang_Cl_LivRm_P2514139_M-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_Ang_Cl_LivRm_P2514139_M-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_Ang_Cl_LivRm_P2514139_M-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-208221 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_CU_P2514139_M-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_CU_P2514139_M-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_CU_P2514139_M-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_CU_P2514139_M-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MMSD_MDG_CU_P2514139_M-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The result is undeniably breathtaking \u2014 huge expanses of glass envelop the living spaces, uninterrupted by heavy structure. \u201cThe window panes are extremely large, while the mullions are very small,\u201d says Upwall. \u201cThey met that need \u2014 I was immediately connected, in my soul, to the mountains.\u202f\u202fIt\u2019s a consistent language that\u2019s framing the view, and it\u2019s not cluttered \u2026 even though they\u2019re beautiful windows, I\u2019m not looking at the windows. I\u2019m looking through the eyes of the house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The material composition of the windows was equally integral. \u201cIt\u2019s an authentic frame,\u201d says Upwall. &#8220;The materials help with the construction of the thermal bridge.\u202fThe building has to have a skin\u202f\u202fwhere, on one side, it is freezing cold \u2026 but on the inside, it\u2019s always comfortable.\u202f To be able to bridge those two extremes\u202f[is critical]. \u202fThe technical qualities of the window meet that mark as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Quiet Modernism<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stairway, enclosed in glass, becomes a spatial centerpiece. \u201cI thought the windows could act as a jewel box to frame these stairs and present them to visitors,\u201d says Upwall. \u201cWhen you arrive, you see the stairs right away. The mullions of the windows create rhythm like a musical staff, as if you are moving through the music.\u202fIt gives you context to help celebrate\u202f\u2026\u202fthe act of movement. You\u2019re involved in the dance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-208223 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MDG_Ang_Stairs_wModel_P2514139_M-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MDG_Ang_Stairs_wModel_P2514139_M-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MDG_Ang_Stairs_wModel_P2514139_M-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MDG_Ang_Stairs_wModel_P2514139_M-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Int_MDG_Ang_Stairs_wModel_P2514139_M-1536x1019.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upwall\u2019s collaboration with Marvin extended beyond windows to include expansive <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvin.com\/products\/doors\/multi-slide\/modern-multi-slide-door?utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=brand-25&amp;utm_content=pinnacle-sky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multi-slide doors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that erase boundaries entirely \u2014 and can be opened effortlessly. \u201cThe doors slide easily,\u201d he says. \u201cInstead of\u202fdoing all of the gymnastics to get ready to open the door\u202f\u2026 it\u2019s a single movement and a slide. That elegance was very important to me. I have my cup of coffee and I\u2019m walking, and oh, suddenly I\u2019m outside.\u202fI didn\u2019t really have to think about that transition\u202f\u2026\u202fthat\u2019s the idea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Upwall, the design philosophy is as much about restraint as innovation. \u201cI believe that Marvin Modern\u202f\u2026\u202fadhere[s] to the modern philosophy of design,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s the simplicity of it. It\u2019s not about the busy-ness, the bells and whistles.\u202fIt\u2019s about the silence. That\u2019s really what we want, so we can hear the music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>A Beacon of Light<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As day turns to dusk, the house seems to glow from within \u2014 its glass stair tower transforming into a beacon. \u201cAt night,\u202f\u202fit\u2019s a beautiful lantern,\u201d says Upwall. \u201cIt gives you that \u2018welcome home\u2019 experience.\u202f\u2026\u202fI just love the way that the sculpture evolves and [provides] that sense of arrival as a human.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-208220 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_Ang_Side_P2514139_M-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_Ang_Side_P2514139_M-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_Ang_Side_P2514139_M-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_Ang_Side_P2514139_M-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JPG-Marvin_Modern_PinnacleSky_Ext_MDG_Ang_Side_P2514139_M-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinnacle\u202fSky<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, every gesture \u2014 from the folded limestone planes to the thin-framed windows that dissolve into the horizon \u2014 is an act of deference to the mountain itself. \u201cWe can\u2019t compete with it,\u201d Upwall says simply. \u201cAll we can do is acknowledge it and be of the mountains, to be of the land.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For architects designing homes that embrace the landscape through precision glazing and performance, explore Marvin\u2019s architectural solutions at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvin.com\/?utm_source=architizer&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=brand-25&amp;utm_content=pinnacle-sky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marvin.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>All images courtesy of Marvin.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this windswept alpine landscape, origami-like planes of stone and glass give form to a home that listens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":208231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"architizer_featured_type":"insert","architizer_featured_image":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[14],"architizer_project":[],"architizer_brand":[],"architizer_firm":[],"architizer_product":[],"class_list":["post-208217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-materials","category-practice","tag-sponsored"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cPinnacle Sky\u201d Reimagines Mountain Modern Architecture in the Utah Wilderness - Architizer Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this windswept alpine landscape, origami-like planes of stone and glass give form to a home that listens.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/materials\/pinnacle-sky-mountain-modern-architecture-marvin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cPinnacle Sky\u201d Reimagines Mountain Modern Architecture in the Utah Wilderness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI grew up in Utah, in the mountains,\u201d says architect Michael\u202fUpwall. \u201cI&#039;m a mountain boy\u202f\u2026\u202fit\u2019s a sacred place for me.\u202fIf we&#039;re going to go in and move into the wilderness, we want to make sure we create something that is worthy of it, that can be a part of it, not just detract from it. 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