Set within a landscape layered with geologic drama and human history, the 3,280-SF Utahraptor State Park Visitor Center serves as the park’s front door and orientation hub. Exhibits introduce visitors to the Dalton Wells Quarry’s paleontological discoveries and to the World War II–era Dalton Wells Isolation Center, where Japanese American citizens were detained; several artifacts—donated by former detainees and their families—are publicly displayed for the first time. Program elements include staff offices, a small retail area, and public restrooms. The architecture is intentionally quiet, framing the desert rather than competing with it. A low, mesa-inspired roof and simple massing anchor the building to its site; durable, regionally appropriate materials echo surrounding strata and vegetation; generous overhangs create shade and a sense of arrival; and an intuitive plan pulls views to the Colorado Plateau and La Sal Mountains.