A botanical garden set directly beneath the Ko'olau wall on windward O'ahu, with an avenue running straight at it.
A botanical and cultural valley on O'ahu's North Shore, running inland from the coast to a waterfall at its head.
A resort on young black lava on the Kona coast, where the rock is black, the sand is white and the water is very blue very close in.
A Japanese temple at the foot of the Ko'olau range on windward O'ahu, with a reflecting pond in front and a fluted green wall behind.
A purpose-built event centre in the historic district — modern inside, earth-toned outside, and entirely dependent on what you bring.
A hotel in a converted institutional building off the plaza — with the proportions of its first purpose still legible.
A golf resort in the Sonoran Desert, where irrigated green meets tan desert and the two do not agree.
A desert ranch west of Tucson — a city with the strictest lighting ordinance in America, and the night sky to show for it.
A resort at the mouth of a canyon in the Catalina foothills, where the terrain rewrites the schedule.
A Spanish Colonial Revival guest ranch in the Catalina foothills, built in adobe around courtyards.