A Permanent Home for Vitruvius Built

Over the past year, we have been quietly creating a permanent home for Vitruvius Built.

More than a headquarters, the space was conceived as a physical expression of the firm we have become, the culture we are continuing to build, and the standard we believe exceptional work should reflect.

We have always believed that the environment a team works in shapes the work it produces. With that in mind, every part of the headquarters was approached with the same care, discipline, and attention to detail that we bring to the homes we build.

The goal was not simply to create a beautiful office. It was to create a place with heart and soul.

A Space Designed to Be Felt

The most meaningful spaces are experienced through more than sight.

They are felt in the weight and texture of natural materials. They are heard in the sound of a record playing. They are remembered through the scent of coffee, leather, oak, and plaster. They change throughout the day as light moves across a room and views open toward the mountains beyond.

We considered how the space would feel in quiet moments, how it would support focused work, and how it would bring people together.

There are places for concentration, conversation, collaboration, and gathering. There is a listening lounge. There are framed views of Bald Mountain. The spaces are designed to feel warm and residential rather than corporate.

Nothing was selected simply to fill space. Every material, object, and detail was chosen to add depth, permanence, and meaning.

The Floor Set the Tone

The flooring established the character of the headquarters from the beginning.

Crafted by Burchette & Burchette from hand-selected French board-form oak, it has an organic, aged quality that immediately gives the space warmth and presence.

The variation in the boards, the saw marks, the texture, and the imperfections are what make it beautiful. It does not feel newly manufactured or overly refined. It feels authentic, tactile, and entirely unique.

The floor brings a sense of history to a space designed for what comes next.

Burchette & Burchette understood that we were not looking for a conventional finish. We wanted something that would become richer with use and better with time. Their work helped establish the foundation, both literally and emotionally, for the entire space.

Reclaimed White Oak With a Life Before Ours

The reclaimed white oak wall cladding from Saroyan Hardwoods adds another layer of history.

The wood was reclaimed from nineteenth-century Amish tobacco barns in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Before becoming part of our headquarters, it had already spent generations exposed to weather, time, craft, and use.

That provenance is visible in every board.

The grain, color, texture, nail marks, and natural variation cannot be replicated by new material. The wood carries evidence of where it came from and the life it lived before arriving here.

It also changes the atmosphere of the space in ways that are difficult to capture in a photograph. It has a subtle scent and warmth that make the rooms feel grounded and lived in. It infuses the headquarters with heritage, soul, and a quiet sense of permanence.

This is one of the reasons we are drawn to natural and reclaimed materials. They bring something to a space that cannot be manufactured. They connect the present to the past and remind us that the best environments are often built slowly, through layers of meaning.

Saroyan’s material became an essential part of the story we wanted the headquarters to tell.

Materials That Improve With Time

Throughout the space, the material palette is restrained but uncompromising in quality.

Organic plaster, natural stone, French board-form oak, reclaimed white oak, leather, metal, art, and collected objects work together without competing for attention.

Many of these materials will age visibly. They will develop patina, soften through use, and record the life of the space over time.

That was intentional.

We did not want the headquarters to feel perfect only on the day it was finished. We wanted it to become more personal, more layered, and more meaningful as our team and our work continue to evolve.

The quiet permanence of things made well has always mattered to us.

Age as the Common Thread

Some materials are beautiful because they are precise. Others are beautiful because they carry a past.

Age is the common thread.

Hermès began in Paris in 1837 as a harness workshop, building its identity around exceptional materials, disciplined craftsmanship, and objects intended to endure. Its first silk carré appeared a century later, in 1937. Hermès silk continues to be woven and printed in the Lyon region, drawing on generations of specialized knowledge and an exacting process of design, color, printing, and finishing.

The refinement does not end when the scarf leaves the workshop. With time, silk softens. The colors become connected to memories. The object gathers meaning through the people who own it, the places it travels, and the generations through which it may pass.

The reclaimed white oak in our headquarters reached us through a very different journey.

Before Saroyan Hardwoods reclaimed it, the wood spent more than a century as part of Amish tobacco barns in Lancaster County. Weather, work, use, and time shaped every board. Its grain, nail marks, color variation, texture, and scent are evidence of that first life.

One material is refined through generations of human craft. The other is refined through generations of use.

Placed together, they create a tension we find deeply beautiful. Silk against rough grain.

Deliberate pattern against natural patina. Controlled color against irregular variation.

The Hermès scarf brings artistry and provenance. The reclaimed oak brings heritage and soul.

Neither arrives without history. Both become more meaningful with age.

A Home for the Culture Behind the Work

The headquarters is ultimately about people.

It is a place for our team to think clearly, work together, challenge one another, and continue pursuing a higher standard.

It is a place to welcome clients, architects, designers, consultants, and collaborators. A place to sit around a table, study a material, review a drawing, listen to music, or have the conversations that shape exceptional homes.

The physical environment matters because the work matters.

Luxury residential construction requires care, patience, judgment, collaboration, and trust. We wanted our headquarters to support those qualities and make them visible.

This space is a home for the culture behind our work.

It carries history, but it is designed for what comes next.

Our Thanks

We are grateful to the craftspeople and partners who helped bring the space to life.

A special thank-you to Burchette & Burchette for the extraordinary French board-form oak flooring and to Saroyan Hardwoods for the reclaimed nineteenth-century white oak that gave the headquarters so much warmth, heritage, and soul.

Their materials do more than finish the space.

They give it a story.

About our firm

Vitruvius Built creates architecturally significant mountain homes through disciplined preconstruction, close collaboration, and meticulous execution.

To learn more about our work and approach, contact Vitruvius Built.

FAQ

Why did Vitruvius Built build a permanent headquarters?

The headquarters was created as a physical expression of the firm’s culture, standards, and long-term commitment to the Park City community. It supports focused work, collaboration, client meetings, and relationships with architects, designers, and other project partners.

What materials were used in the Vitruvius Built headquarters?

The material palette includes French board-form oak flooring, reclaimed nineteenth-century white oak, organic plaster, natural stone, leather, metal, curated art, and collected objects.

Where did the reclaimed wood come from?

The reclaimed white oak supplied by Saroyan Hardwoods came from nineteenth-century Amish tobacco barns in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Who created the flooring?

The hand-selected French board-form oak flooring was crafted by Burchette & Burchette.

Where is the Vitruvius Built headquarters located?

The Vitruvius Built headquarters is located in Kamas, Utah, near the mountain communities where the firm builds luxury custom homes.