Residences at The Little Nell

Aspen, Colorado

The Residences at Little Nell is Aspen's newest and most exclusive fractional ownership property. Comprised of 24 fractional ownership units, eight hotel units, eight affordable housing units and 35,000 square feet of retail space, the Residences were designed to replace a downtown block of older, nondescript commercial and residential structures that were built during Aspen's emergence as a destination mountain resort. As an infill project at the base of the world-famous Aspen Mountain, the Residences needed to convey the elegance appropriate to a world-class resort, while still paying homage to the mining history of the site.

Design Workshop was commissioned as the lead design landscape architect and landscape architect of record for the site, providing landscape architectural services for the entire site program. Highlights of the site program include a new retail pedestrian promenade, a new après ski deck and outdoor restaurant terrace, an extension of the Silver Queen Gondola Plaza, an outdoor courtyard and fire pit, private ski-in/ski-out terraces, extensive gardens, a rooftop pool sundeck and a relocated Little Nell ski lift. Due to the building program, nearly 75% of the landscape architectural improvements are over structure, making it one of the most complex in the Aspen area. The rooftop pool sundeck consists of a large sunbathing and gathering area, an outdoor fire pit, two spas, seating garden, swimming pool and a water garden with a 180-degree view of Aspen Mountain, Shadow Mountain, Downtown Aspen, Red Mountain, Hunter Creek Valley, Smuggler Mountain and the Roaring Fork Valley beyond.

The Residences at The Little Nell has been featured in Mountain Homestyle Magazine.