Casa Schneider / Ibarra Rosano Design Architects
The play of light and geometry in Casa Schneider stems from the unusual wedge-shaped lot nestled between two adjacent properties.
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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…
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.
Canyon Residence / HK Associates
Stoic on the exterior – but transcending an object in the landscape – Canyon Residence blurs the boundary between inside and out, imprinting the exterior environment onto the interior of the home: revealing life as a series…
Barrio Historico House, Tucson / HK Associates
Located in Tucson’s Barrio Historico, this residence is a modern interpretation of the neighborhood’s traditional courtyard architecture. From the street, the house is anonymous, fitting into the Barrio context with façade proportions and door and window openings…
Winter Retreat Located in the Arid Desert of Scottsdale, Arizona
On an arid site with mountain views in Scottsdale, Arizona, Marmol Radziner designed a winter retreat to heighten awareness of the desert landscape. To the north of the home is Pinnacle Peak and to the south is…
Aperture House is a Ultra-Chic Modern Home with an Entire Back Wall of Glass
Aperture House is a beautiful home with an entire back wall of glass, fabulous Basalt natural stone floors, soaring wood beamed ceilings, a German Bulthaup kitchen with fabulous walnut cabinetry, a huge brushed stainless steel center island,
Desert Outpost in Paradise Valley / Jones Studio
The site slopes in three directions; it is a desert knoll. Linear forms, assuming they are long enough, will inherently emphasize the shape of the landscape by contrasting a level parapet with the sloping topography. The home…