Desert

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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Allies and Morrison challenges “identikit urbanism” with masterplan for new city in Oman

November 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

British firm Allies and Morrison has designed a new city for Middle Eastern country Oman, which will transform a desert valley into a 624-hectare urban centre over the next 30 years. Allies and Morrison wants to challenge “identikit urbanism” with its masterplan for Madinat Al Irfan. The aim is to create “a place that feels as if it has always

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Arizona horse barn transformed into desert guest house by The Construction Zone

November 8, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Concrete walls that once enclosed horse stalls are now used as room dividers in this modern guest house by The Construction Zone, a design-build firm in Phoenix. The Barn Guest House is located on a large property in Phoenix dotted with cacti, boulders and desert trees. The adaptive reuse project entailed transforming an existing concrete

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Arizona horse barn transformed into desert guest house by The Construction Zone

November 8, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Concrete walls that once enclosed horse stalls are now used as room dividers in this modern guest house by The Construction Zone, a design-build firm in Phoenix. The Barn Guest House is located on a large property in Phoenix dotted with cacti, boulders and desert trees. The adaptive reuse project entailed transforming an existing concrete

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Sprayed render covers walls of rural Iranian house by Bam Architects

October 8, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A plaster made of sand and straw has been sprayed across the walls of this house, which was built in a village in Iran by local firm Bam Architects. Bam Architects designed the residence for a retired man who wanted to escape the busy life in Isfahan – the capital city of Iran’s central Isfahan

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Splayed shipping containers form Joshua Tree Residence conceived by James Whitaker

September 26, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

An office comprising a cluster of angled shipping containers, proposed for a site in Germany by James Whitaker but never realised, is now being built as a home in the California desert. Photo-realistic renderings of the proposed home by the London-based designer show a cluster of white cargo containers emerging like a starburst from a

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Temple for Burning Man 2017 highlighted the problem of America’s dying forests

September 20, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The temple at this year’s Burning Man festival was designed by artist Marisha Farnsworth, and built from 100 dead trees to emphasise “dramatic changes occurring in our forests”. Farnsworth worked with project manager Steven Brummond and structural engineer Mark Sinclair to create the festival’s 18th temple, which is used as a memorial by participants. The

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A-I-R creates oasis around central living spaces at Arizona desert house

September 1, 2017 James Brillon 0

Patterned brick walls define this Arizona home by A-I-R Architects, providing residents with a variety of indoor and outdoor living spaces amongst the desert landscape. Located in Paradise Valley, an affluent town near Phoenix, Ghost Wash House encompasses 8,500 square feet (790 square metres) and contains three bedrooms. A detached pool house also has its

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Student builds pavilion on campus of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture school

June 19, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture student Jaime Inostroza has built a tiny pavilion on the campus of the School of Architecture at Taliesin, offering occupants framed views of the Arizona desert. Inostroza recently graduated from the architecture school – previously called the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture – which is based at a house designed by the prolific American architect in Scottsdale. Inostroza was one of

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