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Desert Geode Residence / Kendle Design Collaborative

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Protected by a striking silhouette of folding metal planes and blasted-face masonry, this residence recalls the contrasting characteristics of a geode shimmering in the bright Arizona sun. Inside, glass extending up to the outer shell-like roof fills the interior space with natural daylight.

Desert Fairway Residence / Kendle Design Collaborative

Hana Abdel — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Nestled amongst a rich palette of native vegetation, the Desert Fairways Residence slowly reveals itself as it emerges from its lush surroundings. Its design captures the eye, with low masses defining private zones that contrast with a dynamically folded metal plane that shelters the social zone. Changing hues of textured metal cast rhythmic shadows, recalling the ribs of a cactus, while rhythm masonry forms shield the interior from the western sun.

Mockingbird House / The Ranch Mine

Andreas Luco — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0000

In the sun-kissed embrace of Paradise Valley, Arizona sits “Mockingbird,” a slung courtyard-style home designed by the architecture firm The Ranch Mine. The design elevates the spirit of its surroundings while breaking down the barriers between indoor and outdoor living, creating a home where the arid beauty of the desert meets the sophistication of modern living. As you approach the house, the first thing that captures the eye is the striking interplay of metal fins that adorn the exterior.

Rove House / The Ranch Mine

Andreas Luco — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000

“Dark and cramped with low ceilings” was the description the homeowners gave of their existing 1970s house in Paradise Valley, Arizona when they reached out to The Ranch Mine with hopes of completely renovating it while adding additional space. The architects focused the redesign on providing a new, indoor/outdoor living area with ample natural light, adding spaces that were lacking to accommodate their growing family, and reconfiguring the original home to make the most of the existing space.

Hive House / The Ranch Mine

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000

“We believe strongly in togetherness and the breaking of bread with our friends and family. We wish for lots of light, open space, and connection with the outdoors.” This response to a question that architecture firm The Ranch Mine asks every client before starting a project led down the unexpected path of reimagining the classic American Ranch house, a once popular style of house that faded in the late 20th century, for modern living in a new build called ‘Hive’ in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

Desert Jewel Residence / Kendle Design Collaborative

Andreas Luco — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000

From afar, the structure is tucked behind a unique rock outcropping along the southern region of the site. Following the meandering driveway, this hidden jewel reveals itself through the careful placement and layout of the home which preserves and celebrates this natural feature rather than imposing itself upon the rock formation. A simple material palette of split face block and integral color stucco help integrate our Desert Jewel Residence into this rich hillside site.

The Little Art Studio / Chen + Suchart Studio

Rayen Sagredo — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:00:00 +0000

The Little Art Studio is a 1400SF addition to an existing contemporary stucco and glass residence. The addition of this project to the site provided a backdrop and bookend to an existing desert courtyard and a gathering area surrounding a fire pit.

Arizona Courtyard House / Optima DCHGlobal

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Arizona Courtyard House is a pavilion constructed with a system of standardized Corten steel structural components. The home demonstrates the flexibility of this sustainable building system to create a house of linear volumes, arranged to define a courtyard, with the main house to the south and east, a fitness center and lap pool to the north, and mountain views to the west.

Bridge View House / Kendle Design Collaborative

Paula Pintos — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 20:00:00 +0000

This site posed unique features and challenges including a natural desert wash with an abrupt edge and a significant drop in elevation, a corner lot condition which imposed larger setbacks as well as Hillside Zoning that imposes greater building envelope restrictions. The owner’s goal was to design a family home with mountain and valley views similar to that of a hillside location, but on a lot with minimal elevation.

Ghost Wash House / Architecture-Infrastructure-Research

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:00:00 +0000

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 this urban mountain into the valley below. Two long, thin tumbled brick bars run parallel to the east and west natural washes framing a third topographic condition or “Ghost Wash" that runs down the center of the site.

Desert Wash / Kendle Design Collaborative

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0000

Desert wash. A home where the line between inside and out is so blurred that nature sometimes comes crawling into your room. Take a moment and watch the video on Desert Wash, a home designed by Kendle Design Collaborative. It will change your perspective about what site sensitive modern architecture can be.

Rammed Earth Modern / Kendle Design Collaborative

Rayen Sagredo — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 18:00:00 +0000

A modest single story hillside home designed for a family wishing to downsize and simplify. The feel of this home is evocative of the mid-century modern homes which once dominated the surrounding area before the McMansion craze of the last decade. Humble, natural materials such as rammed earth walls, limestone floors and Douglass Fir wood ceilings are woven inside and out in a sophisticated play of interlocking interior and exterior living spaces.

Dancing Light House / Kendle Design Collaborative

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Desert form, indigenous materials, natural light and mountain views inspire this home. Layered walls of rammed-earth, metal, concrete and glass create a playful collection of organic forms within a natural desert setting while visually articulating the various functions within.

Stone Court Villa / Marwan Al Sayed Inc.

Valentina Villa — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0000

A ten acre desert site that contains two desert washes.

Rammed Earth Modern / Kendle Design

Jonathan Alarcón — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Desert House / Circle West Architects

Christopher Henry — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Articulating defined spaces in retrofitting a 20-year-old residence through a punctuation of natural daylight, exterior spatial relationships and a reduction in use of finishes. Desert House is a modern, sustainable intervention in the desert. The single-family residence renovation represents a forward thinking approach to desert life.

Thurston Wine House Addition / Jones Studio

Kelly Minner — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Thurston Wine House Addition carefully displays a respect for its context through its materiality and its tectonic language while expressing its unconventional program through its formal elements. Embedded into the topography of the site, the project takes advantage of its section by using the slope to decrease the visual impact of structure, allowing access to the northeast valley and McDowell Mountain views beyond. The Wine House also benefits from the thermal storage capacity of the earth itself, greatly reducing the demand of the mechanical systems throughout the year.

Planar House / Steven Holl Architects

Nico Saieh — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Sited in Paradise Valley with a direct vista to Camelback Mountain, this house is to be a part of, and vessel for, a large contemporary art collection. Great 20th-century works by Bruce Nauman, Robert Ryman, Jeff Koons and Jannis Kounellis are part of the collection, which includes important video artworks.