Stylish and Sustainable

When renovating a century-old building, a Montana couple mixed historic charm with modern, eco-friendly functionality

Text: Elisabeth A. Sullivan
Photos: Audrey Hall
March-April 2010

Architecture: High Plains Architects, Billings, MT, 406-896-0250, www.highplainsarchitects.com

Interior Design: Envi Design, Billings, MT, 406-896-9137, www.envidesign.com

 

Montana offers plenty of opportunities for big-sky living and near-endless acreage, but Joni and Steve Harman have found another way to connect with their natural surroundings. They’re doing their part to preserve them by living leaner and greener in downtown Billings.

 

Last year, the Harmans completed an eco-friendly, historically minded renovation on a 94-year-old building that once served as Swift and Co.’s wholesale meat market, turning it into nine water- and energy-efficient apartments, including this, their own modern, handsomely appointed two-bedroom home.

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