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The Ranch Mine creates White Dates house for desert site in Phoenix

December 6, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Breeze-block walls and a roof cutout for a palm tree are among the special features at an Arizona house designed by The Ranch Mine, which took cues from a mid-century modern dwelling across the street. Designed for a family of four, the residence is located on a cactus-dotted site in Phoenix and looks toward Camelback

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Jones Studio designs education centre to show “preciousness” of water in Arizona

November 21, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture firm Jones Studio has designed an educational centre in Arizona with the aim of raising awareness about water resources and infrastructure in the region. The Water Education Center will form part of a Central Arizona Project (CAP) facility north of Phoenix and highlight the “contested topic of water in the west”, according to Jones

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Wood and asphalt wrap Phoenix apartment building by SinHei Kwok

August 4, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Black wood and asphalt shingles clad the exterior of the Polker housing block by architect and developer SinHei Kwok, who took cues from historic “pyramid cottages” while conceiving the project. The historic Garfield neighbourhood – which has been undergoing revitalisation – is located near downtown Phoenix and is known for its modest, 20th-century homes designed

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SinHei Kwok completes M-shaped Bungalows in historic Phoenix district

February 21, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

SinHei Kwok has designed and built a sculptural apartment complex that is meant to offer an alternative to the low-density housing found in Phoenix, Arizona’s sprawling capital. The project, called M-shaped Bungalows, is located near downtown Phoenix in the Garfield historic district, a neighbourhood characterised by single-family homes dating to the early 20th century. Occupying

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Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix enclosed with polycarbonate walls

September 25, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0
Hazel Hare Center 180 Degrees Colab Studio

American firms 180 Degrees and CoLab Studio have created an educational facility and a greenhouse in the Arizona desert with polycarbonate facades that bring soft daylight indoors. The Hazel Hare Center for Plant Science is located within the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Local firms 180 Degrees and CoLab Studio worked with the garden to

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Kendle Design Collaborative imbues Phoenix home with “zen-like quality”

August 2, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0
Echo Canyon Residence by Kendle Design Collaborative

Concrete blocks, stucco and glass form the exterior of a home by architecture firm Kendle Design Collaborative that embraces its setting in the Arizona desert. The Echo Canyon Residence is located in on a wedge-shaped lot near Camelback Mountain, one of the city’s iconic natural features. The house was designed by local firm Kendle Design

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The Ranch Mine builds casiTa guesthouse in Phoenix backyard

April 12, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0
casiTa by The Ranch Mine.

A massive pivot door enables an interior room to open onto a covered patio in casiTa, a guesthouse in Arizona designed by architecture firm The Ranch Mine. Encompassing 974 square feet (90 square metres), the guesthouse sits on an urban lot in a residential area in Phoenix. It was designed for the backyard of the Foo house,

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The Ranch Mine creates board-marked concrete home in Phoenix for a ceramicist

March 14, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0
Foo house by The Ranch Mine in Phoenix

Board-marked concrete, creamy stucco and weathering steel form the facades of Foo house in Arizona, designed by US firm The Ranch Mine for a ceramicist and her family. Local studio The Ranch Mine designed the home to be a suitable environment for creative activities and a growing family on a half-hectare property in Phoenix, a sprawling metropolis

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The Ranch Mine creates modern courtyard home in the Arizona desert

November 18, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0
Pleats House by The Ranch Mine

American studio  The Ranch Mine has completed a residence in Phoenix that features a mix of gabled and flat volumes wrapped in corrugated metal, white stucco and honey-toned wood. The Pleats house is located near the Dreamy Draw Mountain Preserve, just north of Uptown Phoenix. The clients – proud owners of two rescue dogs –

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The Hidden Canyon Retreat Looks Out To Valley Views In Arizona

September 5, 2019 Erin 0

Tor Stuart-Barstad of ArchitecTor has designed a house in the hills near Phoenix, Arizona, that offers serenity and tranquility for the home owners. ArchitecTor collaborated with Joni Wilkerson to complete the interior design throughout the house. In the living room, the seating is focused on the built-in fireplace that sits below the television, while walls […]