Lake Wilderness Park Beach House

Maple Valley, WA

The new Lake Wilderness Park Beach House replaced a45-year-old version that was deteriorating and no longer met the programmaticrequirements. The current needs include more restroom stalls, a beach shower, alarger lifeguard and staff area, more room for improved concessions, and aspace for boat and paddleboard rentals.

As a focal point for many of the festivities in LakeWilderness Park, the building not only serves the multiple functions needed,but is also a beautiful presence in the park. The location of the building isshared with a grove of mature fir trees, and acts as a threshold between thebeach users and an amphitheater lawn. Without losing a single tree, the masonrybuilding snakes through the grove with a horizontal strip pattern thatcontrasts with the vertical trunks of the fir trees.

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