Sleeping Lady: A Mountain Resort is located in North Cascades, Washington, it is heralded as the Top Ten “Green” Project, 2001 – AIA Committee on the Environment and won the Governor’s Award for Achievement in Pollution Prevention, 2000 – Washington State Department of Ecology. At this campus, the Mountain Northwest can be viewed and experienced in way that has had minimal impact on its location thanks to replanting of local / native plants throughout the property; historically the property has been passed down and sold from conservationists, to a camping destination, and eventually became the 18 building strong community of efficient environmentally considerate buildings. These 18 buildings were refurbished from the original bunks to what they are now boasting: decking made from a mix of recycled plastic bags and wood scraps, geo-exchange system to regulate heating and cooling needs from the deep in the earth, reclaimed wood sourced on site for construction needs, an organic garden for use in kitchen and composted with organic kitchen waste, energy efficient lighting combined with occupancy detectors in rooms, electric vehicles used by all staff, water conserving appliances in all bathrooms, and water based paints used throughout the property.

Here you can see the fruits of Jones and Jones’ labor outside including pine forests, meadows, wetlands, rivers, and mountains. The tightly gathered structures keep the anthropogenic impacts in a smaller area than other similar projects while also maintaining the ability to host large groups of people up to 200 which creates a closeness between human community and the surrounding natural environment.