J E R R Y L O C AT I
LOCATI ARCHITECTS
The creative possibilities seem endless in the hands of Locati Architects, which continues to enrich the lives of its A-list clients with custom design in perfect harmony with its natural surroundings. For all of his architectural firm’s international renown and award-winning cachet, it’s the raw, soul-stirring reaction to one of Jerry Locati’s masterful works of custom residential art that never fails to move the company’s founding partner. “When you share the space with owners for the first time, and they have tears in their eyes—and you can see that it’s everything that they ever wanted, that it’s beyond their expectations—to me, that’s success,” says Locati, who launched the firm in 1989. “It’s different [than a commercial project]; it’s such a personal experience that we share with the client.” It’s that personal touch that continues to define Locati Architects as much as the Bozeman-based firm’s uncanny ability to connect clients and landscape to original estates in distinct settings from Big Sky Country to the Bahamas. For Locati and his partners, Steve Locati, Kyle Tage and Greg Dennee, that means understanding the way discerning clients live, what’s important to them and what they desire in a home. It’s assembling a team of seasoned experts dedicated to the process. And it’s managing the collaboration from the earliest
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