Breaking: A Sea Ranch culture clash!

Can Bjarke Ingels Group survive the NorCal enclave’s infamous design-review process? “I have my popcorn ready to watch it all unfold.” Plus, Brad Pitt joins a Zumthor doc

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Christopher Hawthorne
August 28, 2026

An aerial view, looking southeast, of the planned expansion of the Sea Ranch lodge. The new buildings are the ones just below the trees hugging Highway 1, near the center of the image: four bar buildings that appear saw-toothed in plan, plus two adjacent structures with interior courtyards

It feels strange even to type the words: Bjarke Ingels is coming to The Sea Ranch. And renderings shared with Punch List suggest his firm is working hard to tone down its act as it prepares for the architectural mecca’s notoriously demanding design-review process.

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