When Ibarra Rosano Design Architects designed these Arizona courtyard homes, a community of six, they wanted to bring a bit of the outdoors into each home here in this urban infill community. Inspired by local history, these homes boast a classic courtyard interior design that opens to outdoor living rooms, enclosed in masonry walls with minimal western exposure. The architects put a modern spin on tradition with a glass wall that floods interiors with natural light and blurs the boundary between indoors and out. Contemporary finishes transform these desert homes into an oasis. Ibarra Rosano Design Architects
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13 Aug 2011 | Desert Homes |
This long and lean, modular desert house in California is clearly inspired by its backdrop – the straight, unending horizon. Designed by Marmol Radziner, this linear home seems to go on and on, a feeling enhanced by its straight roofline. Alternating among the 2,000 sq. ft. of indoor living areas is another 2,000 sq. ft. of sheltered outdoor living rooms and outdoor entertaining areas that make the most of these breathtaking mountains and San Jacinto peak. This modular house includes four “house” modules and six “deck” modules. These particular modules feature steel panels, but are also available in wood, metal and glass. The architects also make the most of another desert home best – the sun, with its passive solar technology. The L-shaped layout allows for private yet connected living areas while also creating a sheltered courtyard area – a veritable oasis in the desert, complete with a fire pit and a swimming pool. Swoon! Marmol Radziner
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25 May 2011 | Desert Homes |
Los Angeles-based architect Robert Stone designed Acido Dorado, a gold house that is a mirage in a Southern California desert. This abstract house features a sloped roof and a tinted glass grid among steel ironwork that distinguishes the house, creating a golden shimmer on the sandy landscape. The glass walls make way for bright, light-filled interiors which exude minimalist elegance in their aesthetic of peace and serenity. Echoing the striking facade, the indoors are finished in a simple palette of white which shimmers gold and champagne in the warm sunlight. Set into the glass of the front of the house, a large heart figure puts a unique stamp on this unusual desert residence. Robert Stone
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25 Apr 2010 | Desert Homes | Comments (1)
Deep in the desert of Pioneertown, California, this simple sustainable house was designed by architect Lloyd Russell as the “ultimate desert structure.” A striking steel canopy makes up the home’s main shelter, under which the eco house design takes shape. The house is made of recycled materials, making the old new again, and beautiful too. An essential in the sandy hotspot, the innovative canopy house was designed to passively regulate the home’s temperature threefold – first, to reflect the sun’s rays and heat away from the home; second, to shade the house; and third, to act as a wind buffer, allowing the cooling breeze to blow through the structure. The 1,600-sq.-ft. main house features rusted corrugated-steel walls with contemporary, wide expanses of glass that slide open to bring the outdoors in and further cool interiors. Lloyd Russell
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10 Nov 2009 | Desert Homes |
Architect Rick Joy put some juice in Sonoran Desert with this amazing desert house design. The prominent rough red roof of this Arizona house draws attention from miles around, but it is the home’s livable, relaxing characteristics that invite you to stay. The steel house's humble exterior makes way for modern interiors, with stainless steel, maple and glass against a white palette. At the heart of the design, the courtyard brings fresh greenery to the hillside home’s minimalist interiors. Built into the sloping property and partially below the ground level, this hill house plan puts outdoor living rooms privately out of view. An infinity pool points toward a west-facing view and the mountain range beyond the desert. Rick Joy
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3 Nov 2009 | Desert Homes |
