32 DIGS.NET | 2.25.2022
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P R O F I L E | S E A R A N C H LO D G E
BECAUSE OF REACHING for a view, or because the wind needs
to be blocked. Something about the environment has
informed the geometry," Donlyn Lyndon, one of the original
architects of The Sea Ranch, once said of the concept.
Spread across 10 miles of the Northern California coast-
line and located 100 miles north of San Francisco, The
Sea Ranch comprises 2,224 private homes built on 7,000 acres
surrounded by the typical vegetation and landscape of the area:
cypress hedgerows, meadows, rolling hills, redwood and Douglas
fir forests, with, of course, sublime ocean views.
At the heart of this community designed to honor nature and live
"lightly on the land" (according to the original designers), The Sea
Ranch Lodge — one of the oldest buildings — became a cultural
hub before being transformed into a hotel. Today, after an exten-
sive multi-year renovation, it reopens its doors. Led by general
contractor David Hillmer, design practice Mithun, landscape
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