The trouble with building on unspoiled terrain is, well, spoiling it.

Four years ago, the quarter-mile-long stretch of land along the Fox River, about a block from downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin, was mostly a simple path and a large empty space behind a mall parking structure.

Johnsen Schmaling's Stacked Cabin in Muscoda, Wisconsin, adheres to the program of the traditional wooded retreat, with an emphasis on flexibility.

A three-story, 81,000-square-foot addition to the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Light-filled contemporary architecture and leading-edge medical care are not usually associated with rural health care facilities.

When we wrote about Milwaukee-based Johnsen Schmaling in February 2005, the then-two-year-old firm was just getting its feet wet with both residential and commercial projects that showed promise and innovation.