Desert

Gabled metal Folly cabins provide glamping site in Joshua Tree

August 8, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

This pair of gabled structures, built from weathering steel by Cohesion Studio, can be rented by visitors in the southern California desert. Folly can be used by glampers in America’s Joshua Tree National Park, who are looking to experience an off-grid vacation without compromising modern conveniences. Malek Alqadi and Hillary Flur of Cohesion Studio designed the project following Alqadi’s

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Gabled metal Folly cabins provide glamping site in Joshua Tree

August 8, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

This pair of gabled structures, built from weathering steel by Cohesion Studio, can be rented by visitors in the southern California desert. Folly can be used by glampers in America’s Joshua Tree National Park, who are looking to experience an off-grid vacation without compromising modern conveniences. Malek Alqadi and Hillary Flur of Cohesion Studio designed the project following Alqadi’s

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Shapeshifter House by OPA emerges from Nevada site as a “desert mirage”

August 3, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

California firm OPA has completed a house for the rolling desert landscape of Nevada, with slanted zinc-clad sections intended to appear as an extension of the terrain. Shapeshifter House is a three-storey family home that spans 5,900 square feet (548 square metres) across an arid site, complete with views of the Sierra Nevada mountains and Reno

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Red Rocks house by The Ranch Mine nestles into Arizona mountainside

July 31, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm The Ranch Mine has overhauled and expanded a Phoenix residence, adding limestone cladding and generous terraces, and reorganising the home so it capitalises on views of the desert terrain. The Red Rocks house hugs the side of Camelback Mountain and overlooks the vast desert metropolis below. Local studio The Ranch Mine was tasked

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Dinosaur fossil park in Texas gains rust-coloured visitor centre by Lake Flato

March 27, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm Lake Flato used tough materials like weathering steel to create an off-grid educational facility for Big Bend National Park, known for its dinosaur skeletons. The Fossil Discovery Exhibit building was constructed on a flat site within the federal park, which stretches along the Mexico border in southwest Texas. Encompassing 801,163 acres (324,219 hectares),

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OFIS Arhitekti’s Glass Pavilion is a star-gazing retreat in Spain’s Gorafe desert

March 18, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has created an isolated desert retreat in Andalusia, featuring glazed walls that take advantage of the vast landscape and dramatic night skies. OFIS Arhitekti developed the Glass Pavilion in collaboration with experts from specialist manufacturer Guardian Glass, which challenged the architects to design a structure that would test its products to

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OFIS Arhitekti’s Glass Pavilion is a star-gazing retreat in Spain’s Gorafe desert

March 18, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has created an isolated desert retreat in Andalusia, featuring glazed walls that take advantage of the vast landscape and dramatic night skies. OFIS Arhitekti developed the Glass Pavilion in collaboration with experts from specialist manufacturer Guardian Glass, which challenged the architects to design a structure that would test its products to

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Arthur Mamou-Mani unveils twisting temple for Burning Man 2018

January 2, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Burning Man festival has revealed a spiralling wooden pavilion as the main temple to be built and then sent up in flames in the Nevada desert this year. The design, by Arthur Mamou-Mani of London-based Mamou-Mani Architects, was selected by the Burning Man Arts organisation, which oversees the creative programme for the annual nine-day event.

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“Is Phoenix doomed to fall back into the ashes?”

December 12, 2017 Aaron Betsky 0

If sprawling desert metropolises like Phoenix, Arizona, are going to survive an increasingly scorching climate, they will require a different kind of sustainable urbanism than typical cities, says Aaron Betsky. Is Phoenix doomed to fall back into the ashes? In his 2015 book, The Water Knife, the author Paolo Bacigalupi imagines a future Valley of

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Living spaces extend into the desert at Arizona home by The Construction Zone

December 9, 2017 James Brillon 0

Phoenix architecture firm The Construction Zone has completed a house in Arizona’s Sonoran desert, taking full advantage of the arid climate with living spaces both inside and out. The Alber Residence measures 3,500 square feet (325 square metres), laid out on a single level, and includes four bedrooms. Sited on a roughly triangular lot, the

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