News Release
| 9/22/08 - Marabou Wins 2008 Gold Nugget Award |
| Community earns “Best in the West” for concept that combines ranching, sustainability and luxury
Steamboat Springs, Colo. – The amenity buildings at Marabou, a ranch preservation community in Steamboat Springs, received a Gold Nugget Award for the Best Public/Private Recreational Use Project.
Marabou was recognized June 26 in San Francisco during an awards ceremony, a feature highlight of the 45th annual Pacific Coast Builders Conference. The oldest and largest program of its kind, the Gold Nugget Awards competition honors creative achievements in architectural design and land-use planning for residential, commercial and industrial projects internationally.
The community’s recreational facilities comprise 12 amenity buildings that collectively create a social centerpiece. The lineup includes the River House Lodge, Casting Room Theater, Horse Barn, Equestrian Center, Downstream Spa, Outfitter’s Cabin, River’s Edge Fitness Center; River’s Edge Pool, and four Owners’ Cabins. For the amenity building project, TCD, Inc. of Steamboat Springs was the builder; Denver-based 4240 Architecture was the architect; Braun Associates of Edwards, Colo. was the land planner; and Elk River Partners, LLC of Steamboat Springs was the developer.
“Our major challenge was to harmoniously combine themes of ranching, sustainability and luxury,” says Jeff Temple, president of Elk River Partners, developer of Marabou. “We wanted the amenity buildings to be well-appointed, spacious and welcoming gathering places for residents, but we also wanted to minimize our impact on the land and wildlife.”
Structures were clustered together in order to achieve these objectives – while also offering a level of convenience for residents and making the most of natural amenities such as sweeping views and the Elk River, a two-plus-mile stretch of which winds through the community.
Amenity buildings – whose electricity is generated by wind – are sumptuously rustic, featuring
architectural salvage, solar and a “living roof” with native grasses for insulation and run-off management. The project achieved a Colorado Build Green® average of 140 points per structure (the minimum is 70), with a total community carbon footprint of more than negative one million pounds of carbon emissions per year, a figure determined by third-party Carbon Audit and Carbon Management.
Marabou is a unique ranch preservation community in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Planned for only 62 custom homesteads on 1,717 acres of active ranchland, Marabou remains a working cattle ranch. Residents and their guests can participate, at their discretion, in all aspects of ranching from herding cattle, mending fences and baling hay on the property to caring for the horses that live there. Marabou Master Guides lead this experience in the same way they teach residents to fly fish, mountain bike, downhill and cross country ski, and hike the rolling terrain. The ranch is 1,717 acres, of which 1,325 are preserved as open space forever. Homesteads exceed six acres and are priced from $2.9 million. For more information, contact Due West Land at 970-871-1556, or visit www.MarabouRanch.com.
The Gold Nugget Awards program is the premier event of the annual Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC). Entries come from 14 Western states and from countries all around the world. Gold Nugget winners share one common denominator: excellence and innovation in addressing complex design/build issues. PCBC and BUILDER, a national magazine of the housing industry, sponsor the competition. For more information, visit www.goldnuggetawards.com.
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| Source: Marabou |
| URL: www.MarabouRanch.com |
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