This sustainable architecture project is sited 25 feet from the edge of a peninsula overlooking the Colorado River and at the Grand Canyon.  This remote center accommodates 200-visitors/hour.  All utilities are provided on site, which includes photovoltaic and wind generated energy to power the warming kitchen.  Water is trucked in daily from a nearby spring and waste materials are trucked out weekly.

A tensile structure provides shade for the diners.  The tensile structure was designed in the abstract of the big horn sheep which according to Hualapai legend is the guardian of the Grand Canyon.  Bolts driven 15 feet into the surrounding rocks anchor the entire tensile and building structures.  Use of indigenous Hualapai flagstone in a dry stack wall help create a blending of environment and building.
 
Facility was completed in 1997.  Construction Costs were $927,000.

Winner of the 2006 Sonoran Institute Faces of Conservation Award