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Peta North
Tap in the courtyard inspiration - vinith_sudhir
Despite being located in an expansive golf community, the Brown residence celebrates stunning desert views from almost every space. Its careful design makes this possible as views to neighboring houses are edited out focused instead on distant mountains. While the residence presents an unassuming, modest scale to the street, it steps down with the slope of the site allowing the spaces inside to become quite generous. Oversize pivot doors and large expanses of glass allow abundant light and air into these spaces while broad overhangs and shading devices protect them from the harsh desert sun.
awards
2011 - Texas Society of Architects / AIA Design Award
2010 - AIA San Antonio Merit Award
Architecture: Lake/Flato Architects
Contractor: the construction zone, ltd.
Photography: Bill Timmerman
Glass partitioning - megha_ann
Simple, elegant water feature draws attention to the distant view of the mountain.
back yard hard scape - mirza_baig52
Courtyard fountain, landscaping, and exterior.
Nice detail for landscape just using filling - ar_szalinawaz
Copyright © 2009 Robert Reck. All Rights Reserved.
natural landscape - jayant_jaiswal77
Open Floor Plan Patio around a black water pool and spa / Interior Designer - Claire Ownby / Builder - GEF Development / Sculpture - Guy Dill / Photo by Thompson Photographic
Craftsman style courtyard with natural stone pavers, stone retaining wall, and drought tolerant landscaping.
Architect: Urban Design Associates
Interiors: Ashley P. Designs
Photography: Thompson Photographic
When visitors pass through the gate into the forecourt, they experience another array of cantilevered cast concrete steps that “float” up to the front door. Bianchi, a Phoenix based pool and landscape designer, set this rhythmic path to echo the lines and ascending forms of the architects dramatic rusted-steel entry pergola.
michaelwoodall.com
This “Arizona Inspired” home draws on some of the couples’ favorite desert inspirations. The architecture honors the Wrightian design of The Arizona Biltmore, the courtyard raised planter beds feature labeled specimen cactus in the style of the Desert Botanical Gardens, and the expansive backyard offers a resort-style pool and cabana with plenty of entertainment space. Additional focal areas of landscape design include an outdoor living room in the front courtyard with custom steel fire trough, a shallow negative-edge fountain, and a rare “nurse tree” that was salvaged from a nearby site, sits in the corner of the courtyard – a unique conversation starter. The wash that runs on either side of the museum-glass hallway is filled with aloes, agaves and cactus. On the far end of the lot, a fire pit surrounded by desert planting offers stunning views both day and night of the Praying Monk rock formation on Camelback Mountain.
Project Details:
Landscape Architect: Greey|Pickett
Architect: Higgins Architects
Builder: GM Hunt Builders
Landscape Contractor: Benhart Landscaping
Interior Designer: Kitchell Brusnighan Interior Design
Photography: Ian Denker
While Designing and Employed with The Wiseman Group (www.wisemangroup.com)
Architecture by Jim Schmidt
Front? - sssubhash