This 108,000 square foot facility was designed to incorporate sustainable technologies and green building systems. utilizing rammed earth construction, greywater systems, solar heating and natural ventilation. The structure also has very strong cultural significance, which was inspired by the buffalo as a sacred being to the Lakota Sioux people. Project components include administrative offices, food service and commercial kitchen facilities with culinary arts facilities, an equestrian arts facility, vocational classrooms with wood and metal shops, an environmental design academy focused on recycling of found objects, geothermal heating, wind energy as well as solar energy and earth-integrated technologies, a tropical greenhouse in a natural setting for cultivation of edibles along with farming of the tasty fish tilapia, math and science classrooms, athletic facilities with swimming pool and gymnasium, performing arts facilities, and art gallery for student work a library. Our tipi prototype will house faculty and staff. The circular arrangement of the project components represents the Path of Life as interpreted in the Lakota culture. The tensile roof structure represents the shoulder of the buffalo from which all life comes to the Lakota, while the ceremonial platform atop the roof represents the sacred eagle perched on the buffalo shoulder, representing the connection between spirituality and all life. Fundraising for this project is underway.

8,000 square foot administration building for the Tribal Housing Authority on the Olympic Peninsula, with sweeping views of the Olympic Mountains to the south and the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the north.8,000 square foot administration building for the Tribal Housing Authority on the Olympic Peninsula, with sweeping views of the Olympic Mountains to the south and the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the north.

The view at night features the vaulted Library, the Foyer, and the tensile roof with ceremonial platform and banners above.The view at night features the vaulted Library, the Foyer, and the tensile roof with ceremonial platform and banners above.

24,000 square foot youth treatment center, designed for the late Russell Means, the world-renowned Oglala Lakota Sioux Activist and Founder of the American Indian Movement, and Screen Actors Guild actor in "Last of the Mohicans." The earth-integrated facility will house 32 residents, and is expected to receive LEED Gold Certification from the US Green Building Council.