Sedona

Most of Arizona's streams run only after a storm. Oak Creek is one of the few that flows all year, and the water changes everything around it. Along its banks in Sedona, Arizona, sycamores, cottonwoods, ash and alder grow into a canopy of shade and green that most of the state never sees. On a wooded bend of the creek, architecture firm The Ranch Mine has designed "Ironwood," a small retreat built around one simple wish: to spend the days and nights down by the water, under the trees. Dan Ryan Studio The idea began with tents. The concept was to pitch them in the woods and get guests sleeping by the creek, and The Ranch Mine was asked to design the buildings that would let them stay longer. Those buildings became two open air pavilion... More