American studio The Ranch Mine has completed a modern courtyard home in Arizona that alludes to Georgia O'Keeffe paintings and prioritises "simple materials, distinctive geometries and the desert sky".

Located in Uptown Phoenix, the Weave house was built atop a former parking lot in a historic district. The project's name stems from the weaving together of modern amenities with a vernacular distinct to the American Southwest.

While designing the project, local studio The Ranch Mine turned to paintings of adobe buildings by Georgia O'Keeffe ? the famed artist who also lived and worked in an adobe home in New Mexico.
"Like Georgia O'Keeffe's work, Weave is derived from a focus on line, colour and composition, creating a modern home with simple materials, distinctive geometries and the desert sky in an effort to reinvigorate the residential architecture of the American Southwest," the studio said in a project statement.
U-shaped in plan, the wood-framed home consists of rectilinear volumes organised around a central courtyard. The facades of the single-storey dwelling are sheathed in cream-toned stucco, helping reflect the intense desert sun. Windows and doors are framed in black metal.
From the street, the home is meant to look unfussy, with emphasis placed on the vast blue sky surrounding it.

"The front elevation is simple in its massing and materials, letting the sky and shadows provide constantly changing visual interest," The Ranch Mine ...