2021 HONOR AWARD - Best Friends Roadhouse

{"version":"0.3.0","atoms":[],"cards":[],"markups":[],"sections":[[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"All you can ever hope for as an architecture studio is to\nget the opportunity to work on meaningful projects you believe make a\ndifference in the world. So, when they come your way, you give everything you\nhave to make your clients life work and dreams come to reality in a way that\nreflects the amazing people they are."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"When Best Friends approached us with the idea of converting\na 1970\u2019s Motel in the town of Kanab just a few miles outside their Sanctuary\ninto the epicenter of their guest experience we all knew we were about to\nembark on a journey that was something special...something meaningful. Best\nFriends is an organization that set out 35 years ago with a goal of ending the\nkilling of 17 million dogs and cats who were dying in our nation\u0027s shelters\nannually. Their story is mythical in the world of animal lovers, because people\nwho know them know they started with nothing, just grit and determination to\nchange the world. The group scraped together everything they had to purchase\n3,700 acres in Southern Utah to create a no-kill animal sanctuary and started a\nmovement to stop the killing of companion animals. Fast forward to today and\nthey have started a global movement that is well on the way to reaching their\ngoal. Today that number is down nationally to 347,000 per year, and they\nbelieve they can have that to zero by the year 2025. So, when they tasked us with creating the\nworld\u0027s most pet friendly hotel, we knew they were serious, and there was a lot\nriding on us delivering results!"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"We worked tirelessly to get every detail right for our\nclient from the large-scale concepts down to the smallest of details like the\ndoggy day beds that pull out from under the custom beds so your pet\u2019s stay is\njust as remarkable as yours. It was critical we produced a place that made the\n30-year volunteer feel comfortable in a place that reflected Best Friends\nvalues, but yet inspired the first-time visitor, or frankly even a guest just staying\nat the Roadhouse. We committed to the idea with the client early that every\ndesign decision would point back to the idea of \u201cSave them All\u201d by 2025, so with\nthat the journey began."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Today the Roadhouse and Mercantile is open, our client loves\nit (they call us often to tell us so, which is humbling), and two and four\nlegged guests seem to love it as well, because positive reviews flood hotel\nsites, and that too is humbling!"]]]]}