In 2016 the Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS), a not-for-profit organization focusing on outdoor education, continued their partnership with (name withheld). This second group of 28 students designed and built seven insulated cabins for year-round use. The cabins were intertwined within the same village housing boundaries as the 14 seasonal cabins constructed in 2015; deep within a lodgepole pine forest, 10,000 feet above sea level, and accessible only by a narrow dirt road.

© Jesse Kuroiwa

Architects: Colorado Building Workshop

Location: Leadville, CO 80461, United States

Lead Architects: Rick Sommerfeld, Will Koning (Faculty), Joshua Allen, Andrew Baur, Devyn Bernal, Michael Black, Leigh Bryant, Amanda Gonzales, Anna Griffith, Jeffrey Heger, James Hillard, Kyle Hoehnen, Andrea Kelchlin, Craig Kibbe, Jesse Leddin, Amie McDermott, Tanner Morrow, Nina Najmabadi, Kyle Plantico, Christopher Powell, Genevieve Sellers, Michael Schauble, Andrew Schrag, Diana Souders, Henry Spiegel, Samantha Strang, Catrina Weissbeck, Tyler Whaley, Brittany Wheeler, Ryan Wresch (Students)
Area: 200.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Jesse Kuroiwa

Colorado Building Workshop Staff: Katherine Hartung

Structural Engineer: Andy Paddock

Lighting Consultant: Blythe von Reckers

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