The Signal Shed serves as an adventure outpost located walking distance from Eastern Oregon’s Eagle Cap Wilderness Preserve and Wallowa Lake. It is informed by views of the lake and its namesake mountain. Now called Mount Howard, Signal Mountain's original name re-ferred to its past use as a summer-time smoke signal point for the Nez Perce tribe. Operable rain screen and cedar panel shutters secure openings on the four building elevations for ex-tended off-season storage. With this design,Ryan Lingard received a 2011 Residential Architect Magazine design award.

The original Signal Shed was conceived as an affordable, practical and low-impact shelter for accessing the wilderness of Northeastern Oregon. This 130-square-foot modern mountain outpost was built with mostly recycled materials. It’s simple, yet beautiful design uses stained wood siding to help the shed blend into the natu-ral landscape. Cedar shutters protect the win-dows and secure the interior in the winter. A large, sliding barn door opens to create anoutdoor living space. And the entire structure is built on floating piers to lessen its impact.