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Hata Dome / Anastasiya Dudik

Hana Abdel — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000

HATA is a monolithic concrete dome home situated in California's high desert, where sculptural form meets environmental resilience. Designed and built entirely by self-taught designer-builder Anastasiya Dudik, this 1,707-square-foot structure redefines what it means to build intuitively, responsively, and artistically.

Cowboy Modern Desert Eco-Retreat / Jeremy Levine Design

Andreas Luco — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Much consideration was put into determining the best location and orientation for the house. It was sited on relatively flat land to avoid grading, which would have caused undue damage to the environment. The design had three goals: capture natural breezes, frame the spectacular views so every room has one that is slightly different, and orient the house to minimize solar heat gain. Thus, placed directly in the bath of canyon breezes, the house is cooled by the flow of wind through multiple sliding-glass doors into every room.

Off-grid itHouse / Taalman Koch

Jonathan Alarcón — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The itHouse is a design system developed by Taalman Koch that utilizes a series of components prefabricated off-site to better control the construction waste, labor, and quality of the finished product. Conceived as a small house with glass walls and open floor plan, the itHouse maximizes the relationship of the occupant to the surrounding landscape while minimizing the building's impact on delicate site conditions.