Foo House / The Ranch Mine
Pottery has played a critical role in most societies in human history as well as our modern-day understanding of those societies. In 2018, owners of a large piece of land centrally located in Phoenix, including a ceramic…
Arizona houses
Bridge View Residence / Kendle Design Collaborative
Bridge View Residence faced more than the typical obstacles of a desert build including unusually restrictive zoning and setback conditions along with a difficult build site. Abutting a desert wash and steep drop-off in the land, the…
Cholla Vista House / Kendle Design Collaborative
A canopy of angled ceiling planes radiate out towards the expansive city and mountain views while defining the various volumes of the Cholla Vista house.
Pleats House in the Foothills of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve
Pleats House is a new 1850 SF, 3 sided courtyard home in the foothills of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. The foundation of the original house was reused and the space was redesigned to fit the bedrooms …
Ghost Wash House in Arizona / Architecture Infrastructure Research
The Ghost Wash House is located along the lower hillside on the north side of Camelback Mountain in Paradise Valley, Arizona. The site is flanked by two desert washes that move storm water from the top of…
Modern Courtyard Home in the Heart of Phoenix, Arizona
Architecture firm The Ranch Mine has designed a modern courtyard home in the American desert southwest on the site of a former parking lot.”Weave” was designed with two courtyards, a traditional private courtyard and a semi-public front…
Modern Loft Style Home in Tempe, Arizona / Knob Modern Design
Designed by Knob Modern Design in 2017, this home features a new smooth stucco exterior, new asphalt shingle roof, exposed block walls inside and polished concrete floors, exposed trusses, new insulation/ vaulted spaces
Red Rocks House: A Captivating Update for a Spanish Style House
Clinging to the side of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, a Spanish Colonial Revival style house has been transformed by architecture firm The Ranch Mine into the Red Rocks house, a dwelling that creates and elevates a…
Hidden Vallery Desert House / Wendell Burnette Architects
This small humble house sited on a south-facing desert slope extends a prominent flow of pinkish-red schist-shale into a simple elevated plinth that parallels the contours of the site, which run east-west.