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Charles Deaton

Charles Deaton was an influential western American architect best known for his Sculptured House (better known as the Sleeper House) in the hills around Denver. Deaton is remembered as a pioneering Colorado artist whose work was an example of…

Sculptured House

The Sculptured House was designed by modernist architect Charles Deaton and built in 1963–66 on Genesee Mountain west of Denver. Deaton’s only house design, the building is distinctive for its clamshell shape, which can be seen rising above Interstate 70…