In designing this desert home, its author, American architecture studio Aidlin Darling Design, had to negotiate a tricky balance. The architects wanted to create a crisp, sharp and modern home for their clients \u2013 a couple who wanted to escape the clutter and noise of urban life \u2013 but they...
and its wealth of architectural attractions); a warm California climate; and a natural context filled with dramatic outcrops and desert plant- and wildlife. Honouring this precious setting, the clients’ brief was simple, the architects recall: ‘[We had to] create a modest home that didn’t remove a single pinyon tree, embraced the rustic desert climate, and framed the always changing vistas from within.
‘A floating roof plane, a collection of wooden volumes and two concrete anchor walls’, became key to the design, as High Desert Retreat’s final form was born. The roof provides ample shading and protection from the harsh sun, inside and out, while its low, linear profile underlines the vistas and the terrain’s verticality. The materials, concrete and blackened wood siding out of specially treated pine wood, are dark and gently contrast with the desert hues.
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