Woodland Sanctuary
Projects


Pocket Neighborhoods
Third Street Cottages
Danielson Grove
Conover Commons Cottages
Conover Commons Homes
Greenwood Avenue Cottages
Salish Pond Cottages
Backyard Neighborhood
Umatilla Hill Neighborhood
Woodlands
Spring Valley
Wyer's End

New Residential
Aldermarsh
Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain Bunkhouse
Sprucehouse at Woodlands
Blue Sky
Dungeness
Green Tower
Keystone Prairie
Orcas House
Saratoga
Skaboose and House
Sandy Point House
Chautauqua
Arnn Hill
Gilann Ridge House
Gilann Ridge Cottage
Songbird House
Crab Point Cottage

Residential Renovation
Additions to a Post-War Box
Towerhouse
North Bluff Addition
Poet's Corner
Meydenbauer House

Conference/Retreat Centers
Whidbey Institute:
   
Thomas Berry Hall
   
Pavilion
   
Chinook Farmhouse
   
Iona House
   Woodland Sanctuary
Tahoma Zen Monastery

Mixed Use
Second Street Project

Description

This sanctuary on the Chinook land at the Whidbey Institute is a non-denominational refuge in the forest, created for meditation, sacred music and prayer.  Kim Hoelting handcrafted this unique structure with the help of a small circle of fine craftspeople.  Every piece of wood in the building was sustainably harvested or reclaimed, and each has a known story going back to its origin in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.  One poetic guest described this sacred space as a place “where the echoes of the forest meet the stillness of the heart, and the spaciousness of the spirit.”