Why don't you post a site plan so we can all better understand the limitations and advantages of what may be possible?

Modern, MCM or any other description has very little meaning until one understands the site and its characteristics.

Words like modern, contemporary, mountain modern etc. are poor descriptors for architecture. What one person visualizes for any of those terms may be quite different for someone else.

Mountain modern is very trendy right now. I like it when it's well done. Unfortunately most is not, which will make it dated by the time it's built.

@Virgil I don’t have a site plan since we are currently bidding on the land and we don’t own it yet. We simply conferred with our builder and his architect to be sure the lot was “buildable” before trying to purchase it. Maybe I will just have to post back here when I have more information at hand to gain your opinions.

@summit would you mind sharing a picture or link to mountain homes that are well done?

Hmmm...I don't collect photos of other architects's work, but here is a contemporary mountain home of mine and another a bit less contemporary.

Very pretty, @summit! Thank you for posting.

Since none of us know what "mountain modern or MCM" means, can you describe some aspects of what you are envisioning, so that we migh better respond? Or are you asking what "mountain modern or MCM" means.

If a builder told me that a piece of property lends itself to the design of a "mountain modern or MCM", I'd simply shake my head.

Red Flag! Builders do not employ architects. It’s usually architects who refer builders to their clients. Architects work for clients, and have a duty of care to them. Who pays the paycheck of the design person is who controls the process. Usually to the great detriment of the client if the builder is in control of that design process.

You want to be in control, with the architect acting for your best interest, and the builder acting as a valuable partner for cost control suggestions and technical constraints challenges. But the builder should not be in charge of the design.

I suspect the builder uses a draftsman to regurgitate similar plans over and over, just with new frippery, so that they change the label to some nonsense term, like Mid Mod Mountain. Or Cape Cod Ranch on the flats. Or Craftsman Split Level. French Mansione Cottage. Made up idiocy.

Modernist architecture boils down to rejecting ornamentation while embracing simplified forms.

To see recent iterations around the world, bookmark on-line publications such as HomeAdore and Dwell. As noted by others, if that's the style you like, don't expect it from a builder's draftsman.

@sophie I’m sorry, maybe I was confusing in my statement. The architect is not employed by the builder. This mountain community is very small and he is who this builder has recommended. We are only in the preliminary process of selecting a lot and selecting a builder and we are learning who is who in this community and visiting their works.

@worthy thank you so much! That’s what I’m looking for. I will check these sites out.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=MCM+design%2Farchitecture&qs=n&form=QBLH&sp=-1&pq=mcm+design%2Farchitecture&sc=1-23&sk=&cvid=94072695B8544880ADD2D17BF5C01758

@bldg wow, I enjoyed going over those pictures. Really beautiful. I bet your clients are tickled with it. Thank you for sharing.

Hey thanks so much! Yes, the client absolutely loves the home (as do all the extended family who grew up in the original!). Cheers and good luck!

"...I'm curious if someone can define for me or show me or refer me to "good" MCM design/architecture..."

From Wiki: "...Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II....Because modern architecture adopted modern industry, new materials and technology resulted in characteristics such as simplicity of forms; functional, flexible, and flowing spaces; exposed structure; visual weightlessness; and lack of ornamentation...."

Mid-Century Modern is really a bit more difficult to define and differentiate from Modern. Again from Wiki: "..."Midcentury modern" itself is a difficult term to define. It broadly describes architecture, furniture, and graphic design from the middle of the 20th century (roughly 1933 to 1965, though some would argue the period is specifically limited to 1947 to 1957)..." MCM is often characterized by extensive use of glass and open design concepts.

Thank you for your response @virgil!

If you want to see examples of “modern” then watch the British show “Grand Designs” either on Netflix or YouTube. Amazing examples!

@anglo will do! Thanks for chiming in.