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A very cool house in a desert setting
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There is slim information posted online, but here is the link to the page on the 3Form site where it is featured. http://www.3-form.com/email/design_bluff.html
I really like the way this house works with the desert climate, with the separate shade canopy over the house and its courtyards. Its great the way the canopy is segmented so that it provides shade but also allows breezes to pass through. There is a prominent gutter coming out of the center of the canopy and I am wondering if it also collects the rare rainfall.
update: here is further information:
http://www.3-form.com/architectural-in_progress.php?case=16
Actually this project reminds me of this African school below. This project won an Aga Khan Award in 2004.
In both of these structures I really like the light weight structure that holds up the upper shading roof.
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interiors of desert house
there are a few interior images on that second link - you can see an earthen wall inside the house which I am assuming is for absorbing heat during the day/releasing it at night. A floor plan would be helpful for understanding the house. I was hoping that somebody looking at this would recognize it and have a link to another web site with more info.
design of utah desert house
Everything old is new again! I am now designing (with an architect) a new "modern" (of our own time instead of a fantasy of the past) vacation house in the CA desert. In my fairly extensive research I came across a drawing made (I believe) by early Sapish explorers in CA showing how the Indians lived in the desert. Very much like the "modern" desert houses, and very VERY much like the Utah house: they would make a light structure holding up a broad, shading roof of open woodwork (looks like twigs and small branches in the illustration) and in the broken shade under that build several separate beehive shaped dwelling rooms of what looks like wattle.
Similar Plans
Check out this Site http://www.dreamgreenhomes.com/plans/desertbarn.htm
New here, and have not learned how to attach photos. The design here looks very similar, kinda cool.
utah student desert house
The thread connecting this structure to Prouve's onw house in a decidedly cooler climate is very interesting. As always, everything looks great out in the desert! Info on the feel of the spaces on the inside where it counts?
Kevin