MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple's Horizon retreat for creatives tops Utah's Powder Mountain

Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has staggered cedar-clad chalets on Utah's Powder Mountain to form this retreat for creative entrepreneurs.
Perched at an elevation of 9,000 feet (2,743 metres), Horizon is a new development located atop a popular ski resort destination in the midwestern United States.
Canadian architecture studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has completed the first phase of the project with eight of units and a communal lodge. Once finished, the development will include a total of 30 holiday homes.
The Horizon neighbourhood will serve as the home base for Summit Series, a non-profit organisation that brings together professionals from various fields in a spirit of entrepreneurship, activism, and environmental stewardship. Previously, their lectures have included figures such as Amazon's Jeff Bezos, musician Kendrick Lamar, and organisational guru Marie Kondo. Photograph by Paul Bundy
"This new village is an architectural expression of Summit's values: community building, climate responsiveness and land stewardship," said MacKay-Lyons-Sweetapple in a project description.
"This isn't another ski resort, but rather a planned community for entrepreneurs and creatives working together to address global challenges," the studio added.
The wooden structures are set far enough apart from each other to provide privacy, but close enough that they can share certain amenities.
"The cabins are aggregated around courtyards in a way that maximi...
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