Single Family House | Globe | Arizona | ASUL

"The client was introduced to ASUL by a Dwell Magazine staff member. She had plans for a rammed-earth home and had completed some initial site work. Due to cost, the project had come to a standstill. The client requested our re-design incorporate four features: intimacy, sustainability, gardening, and affordability.
We adapted her previous scheme to our System, adding a roof-top garden, radiant heating system, LED lighting, and a rain-water catchment, while maintaining budget of $150 per-foot.......more

Walner Residence | Scottsdale | Arizona | Jones Studio

An adjacent golf course, city views, and boulder pile pushed, pulled, and sculpted an architecture poised for light. Jones Studio never set out to plan a parallelogram - the site opportunities determined the shape of the house from the very beginning! The owner's titanium golf clubs inspired the choice of titanium zinc wall cladding............more

The Six Courtyard Houses | Tucson | Arizona | Ibarra Rosano

This urban infill project is comprised of courtyard houses. The heart of each home is a private courtyard that expands the experience of the home by blurring the line between inside and out. While the Six takes cues from Tucson's architectural past - central courtyard, plastered masonry walls, and minimal western exposure - it is an emphatic expression of our place in history.............more

Urban Desert House | Phoenix | Arizona | Marlene Imizian and Associates

Harmoniously juxtaposing the desert mountain terrain with city living, this home in central Phoenix responds to the challenges presented by its steep mountain site with two intersecting volumes of space. A heavy masonry base supports the structure and is placed to require no excavation of the existing mountain......more

House Renovation | Cedar Street Residence | Tempe | Arizona | coLAB Studio

Renovation of a 1954 bungalow home in Tempe, Arizona. A tight budget necessitates simplicity, efficiency.

A large central courtyard. A flexible, transformable house.

The existing house: Gutted. Three new walls positioned. Four mobile wardrobes added, each with a built-in door. Bedrooms may be created or taken away as needed. Re-used steel frames and decking create new entry and patios. The addition: Mobile millwork separates the great room (kitchen, dining, living) from studio. When entertaining, the millwork moves east to create a 1000 SF dining/living space. If the studio grows, the millwork moves west. Multiple locations for power/data/speaker connections in the floor for millwork placement.....more

Granite Mountain Cabin | Arizona | Lawrence Architecture

This 2,160 SF vacation home for an active family of four has an "L"-shaped plan with the main living spaces in one wing and the private spaces in the other. The house opens out to the substantial westerly views, while the kitchen (in the corner of the L) looks back to an aspen grove and a seasonal wetland. A garage and apartment for guests are connected via a breezeway. The general contractor was The Patterson Company......more

Brown Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona | Lake-Flato Architects

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.....more

Desert House | Steven Holl Architects | Planar House, Arizona USA

PLANAR HOUSE
Arizona, United States, 2002-2005

PROGRAM: private residence
CLIENT: withheld
SIZE: 3,320 sf
STATUS: completed

This house is to be a part of, and vessel for, a large contemporary art collection. Great 20th century works by Bruce Nauman, Robert Ryman, Jeff Koons and Jannis Kounellis are part of the collection which includes important video artworks. Constructed of tilt-up concrete walls, the flat and rotated nature of the walls merges with the simple orthogonal requirements of the interiors for art. Shape extensions and light and air chimneys connected to cooling pools articulate the planar geometry. From a courtyard experienced at the entry of sequence, a ramp leads to a rooftop sculpture garden - a place of silence and reflection.

CREDITS

Architect
– Steven Holl Architects
Steven Holl (design architect)
Martin Cox (project architect)
Tim Bade (schematic design)
Robert Edmonds, Annette Goderbauer, Hideki Hirahara, Clark Manning (project team)
Structural Engineer
– Rudow & Berry
Mechanical Engineer
– Roy Otterbein
Roy Otterbein
Civil Engineer
– Fleet Fisher Engineering
Electrical Engineer
– Associated Engineering
Landscape Architect
– Steve Martino & Associates

Xeros Residence | Phoenix,Arizona | Blank Studio

Address: 1441 East Sunnyside Drive
City: Phoenix
State: Arizona

Neighborhood: Cactus Heights
Beds: 2
Baths: 2
Floors: 3
Year Built: 2006
Square Feet: 2250
Lot Size: 13000
Annual Property Tax: 1,382
Status: Active
Price: $1,250,000
Source:Sellmodern
Architect:Blank Studio

Winter Residence Conversion | Tucson, Arizona | Ibarra Rosano

winter residence
location: tucson, arizona
year completed: 2004
square footage: 3550 sf total
(3510 sf remodeled, 40 sf added)

architect’s project team:
luis ibarra, teresa rosano

contractor: repp design and construction, inc.
cabinetry/steelwork: mark perry
landscape: ibarra landscapes
photography: bill timmerman

The owners wanted to transform the dark, circulation-dominated rooms of their 1940s brick residence into a luminous space with crisp detailing reminiscent of the boutique hotels and spas they had visited. Tackling one room after another, we opened the house to daylight and to a series of garden courtyards.
One key to transforming the house was to remove the fireplace that bisected the main living spaces. Once the fireplace was demolished, the opening for the chimney was fitted with a large skylight that now fills the living spaces with natural light. Applying the same principle, we removed the dividing wall between the master closet and bathroom to create a large, bright space for dressing and bathing. Outside, the area that had once been an awkward, circular dirt driveway became a serene courtyard with a fountain, a single tree, and a horizontal aperture that perfectly frames the city skyline. The guest bathroom also connects with the exterior. Its glass-enclosed shower (the only additional square footage to the house) extends out into a private courtyard. Two cantilevered concrete walkways bridge the pool, and link the main deck to the master bedroom deck and its outdoor fireplace. After over a year of living in the dust of remodeling, the house has become the Winter’s own private spa in the desert.
Text and images from ibarra rosano

Dialogue House | Phoenix, Arizona | Wendell Burnette Architects

Within the immediate suburb context in the 1950's-60's ranch houses, the site is occupied by two volumes.One is an elevated space above work,guest and the car, set furthest from the street in the upper northwest corner of the site. The main volume is focused toward the downtown Phoenix skyline stacked against the backdrop of South Mountain and The Sierra Estrella Range to capture the Magic Hour of sunset stretching the horizon of the desert.A glowing box coated in purple black geology floating on lateral pin wheel brace of charcoal masonry walls that extend cardinally beyond and capture the site. In dialogue with the floating volume is another set near the street perpendicular to the slope on axis with horizon; its tall charcoal masonry walls rise from the earth pointed upward to the sky.The interior plastered white,half filled with water, reflects the light and shadows of the space, providing an foreground to the skyline beyond.
Text and images from Wendell Burnette Architects