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Black Desert House
Yucca Valley House, New Californian Residence, USA, design by Oller & Pejic Architecture
July 4, 2020
Black Desert House
Design: Oller & Pejic Architecture
Location: Yucca Valley, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, California, USA

Modern Californian Property
The Black Desert House project began with an e-mail and a meeting in fall of 2008 for a house in Yucca Valley, which is located near Palm Springs, east of Los Angeles in the high desert near the Joshua Tree National Park.

Oller & Pejic Architecture had completed two projects in Yucca Valley and occasionally received inquiries about projects in the desert. In the midst of the economic downturn typically these inquiring led nowhere.
The architects had just had our second child and things were looking rather uncertain. They decided to meet with Marc and Michele Atlan to see if their project was a reality. Even from the first communications, Marc’s enthusiasm was noticeable.

After the first meeting, Oller & Pejic Architecture found that they shared a common aesthetic and process and after seeing the property they knew this was a project like nothing else they had done, really almost a once in a lifetime opportunity. There was no looking back, they immediately began work on the house.

Beyond the technical and regulatory challenges of building on the site- several previous owners had tri...