Rising from a low clubhouse on the south to a campanile on the north, the resort is comprised of a series of pavilions grouped around geometrically precise garden rooms. Endeavoring to be cosmopolitan and local at the same time, we mix Western Classical planning with a building form that at first glance may also seem Classical, but is, in fact, inspired by traditional Japan -- not the familiar, low-scale, wood-frame architecture of Katsura (which so much influenced American architects at the end of the nineteenth century) but less the well-known masonry architecture of the Horyuji Temple complex (552-645) in Nara and the Osaka Castle (1586). The focus of the building is a reflecting pool abutting the western edge of the lobby, and framed by the elevator tower and banquet pavilion to its north and south respectively. The pool provides a central, visually dominating but inaccessible place. This idea, borrowed from the architecture of traditional Japanese Zen gardens (as in Ryoanji) provides a tranquil counterpoint architecturally as well as for guests as they move from one activity to another within the resort.