Nestled among the “Cook Pines” outside Lanai City on the island of Lanai, Hawaii, the new 100-room five star Lodge at Koele is the island’s first project to attempt to develop a tourist industry on an island that only supported agricultural activities in the past. Challenges facing the design/construction team were numerous as access to the island for construction materials was by barge, landing at a dock (shared with the export of pineapples), which was closed 20% of the year due to high seas. At 150,000 square feet, this hotel is one of the largest all-timber framed structures in Hawaii.