Most design competitions end with a drawing.
This one ends with a cabin. A few of them.

We asked Bay Area architects and students: What does a retreat near the Yuba River look like? Within a year, Aaron Gordon Construction breaks ground on the winning designs, on a site masterplanned by Strata Landscape Architecture — small cabins in the woods.

Jury

Tom Kundig, FAIA · Ben Waechter, FAIA · Andrea Cochran, FASLA

First Prize Winners

First Prize

Mork-Ulnes Architects — Manzanita Lookout

A tower-like retreat drawing on regional fire lookouts, clad in galvanized metal with operable shutters; rooted in the Sierra foothills with an open-air roost above.

First Prize Student Award

Claudia Mackenzie, Academy of Art University — Aerie

A compact cabin anchored by a single concrete wall, projecting outward on a steel frame above the slope. Passive ventilation, solar power, restrained materials.

Honor Award Winners

Honor Award

Blur — The Manzanita Room

Honor Award

Faulkner Architects — View Cabin

Merit Award Winners

Merit Award

Feldman Architecture — Manzanita Cabin

Merit Award

Valentina Leoni Architects — The Manzanita Cabin

Merit Award

William Duff Architects — The Battery

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