Lakeside at Black Butte Ranch, Sisters, Oregon Real Estate, New USA Architecture Photos
Lakeside at Black Butte Ranch in Sisters
Apr 26, 2022
Architects: Hacker
Location: Sisters, Oregon, USA

Photos by Jeremy Bittermann
Lakeside at Black Butte Ranch
Black Butte Ranch ? an iconic resort community located near Sisters, Oregon ? sits at the gateway to Oregon?s high desert. First planned in the early 1970s, the Ranch is a vacation destination for many, and a year-round home for some. The new 15,000-square-foot ?Lakeside? replaces the well-worn main pool facility and revives the ?heart? of the Ranch.

The two buildings house a Bistro with indoor and outdoor seating, an outdoor pool and hot tub, locker rooms, a fitness room, an activity center for kids and teenagers, and an outdoor play area for kids. The design set out to do three things: evolve the legacy of Pacific Northwest regional modernism at the Ranch, intensify the connection to the landscape, and enhance the user experience.
The magnificent site sits between the original modernist Ranch buildings from the early 1970s: the award-winning Country House Condominiums and the Lodge. Inspired by the barn-like simplicity of the Country House Condominiums and the abstracted landform roof lines of the Lodge, the design evolves the building tradition to become more profoundly connected to the surrounding landscape

The site design continues the classic Black Butte Ranch arrival sequence: sweeping movement traveling through the...