Wendell Burnette places Hidden Valley Desert House among forest of cacti
Phoenix studio Wendell Burnette Architects has completed a dwelling in central Arizona that follows the contours of its rugged desert site and provides vistas of the surrounding peaks.
The Hidden Valley Desert House is located in Cave Creek, a small town just outside of Phoenix. Positioned on a hilly site dotted with saguaro and teddy bear cholla cacti, the residence offers views of the mountains and the sprawling city in the distance.
The project was designed for a couple with grown children who desired a serene home that embraced the natural setting.
"For our clients, this house was about purging and simplifying their life, and also about providing an indoor/outdoor house for their birds, koi, Rhodesian ridgebacks and one cat ? and their very specific way of living," said Wendell Burnette Architects in a project description.
Envisioned as a "long pavilion for living", the 3,125-square-foot (290-square-metre) home is composed of a broken-up bar, sandwiched between a plinth and an expansive canopy. An outcrop of pinkish stone lining the eastern edge of the property informed the home's siting.
"The geology of this rarefied site condition is extended westward into a simple ground-based plinth at an elevation of 2,450 feet (747 metres), roughly following the east to west contours of the site," the team described. "Hovering above the plinth is a large shade canopy that embodies the necessary sustenance for this shelter as a home."
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