Every May, SAAS’s 12th graders step beyond the classroom for their Senior Project, a month-long internship that builds on the entrepreneurial skills they’ve been developing throughout their education. We visit 7 project sites to learn more about the meaning and impact of this signature experience.
“We do want to embrace a healthy amount of risk,” says Matt Edenfield, Outdoor Trips & Travel Director. “We strive to offer trips where students can convert danger, fear, or anxiety into achievement and mastery through skill, cooperation, and hard work. The reality is that this is where real learning happens.”
Don’t call him a designer—intrepid artist Roy McMakin is scything out his own creative path.
Architect George Suyama takes “not in my backyard” to its (semi)logical extreme.
Legendary New York City–based architect and iconoclast Steven Holl pays tribute to the Northwest, the place where his obsession with light and space first took hold.
Studio Gorm, a husband-and-wife creative team based in Eugene, Oregon, elevates the mundane with their quietly elegant designs.
The rising-star designers behind Codor Design take GRAY on a tour of their fantastical studio-laboratory in Seattle’s Pioneer Square.
California’s iconic Napa Valley remains the ultimate spot for travelers in search of rustic-luxe hotels, Michelin-starred restaurants, and cult wineries.
Architect Steve Bull designed a high-impact, low-maintenance home for a pair of intrepid clients in Alaska, but that was only the beginning of the adventure.
A Brooklyn architect shows what a little elbow grease, a healthy dose of naïveté, and a decade can accomplish.