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Saturday, May 2, 2020

Framing the horizon: dwellings that blend with the desert

Part fantasy escape and part futuristic vision, these desirable desert designs are a stunning blend of structure and landscape

Beloved by artists, mystics and hermits, the desert is a place for contemplation and coming face-to-face with oneself; a place to fully detox from the outside world and enjoy the purifying nothingness of a vast, barren, empty space. The desert retreats featured on these pages – the Glass Pavilion in Granada, Spain, and the Desert Courtyard House, the Desert Nomad House and the Levin Residence, all in Arizona – are an invitation to do just that.

These desert retreats are designed to help their inhabitants feel a sense of peace through connection to nature. Situation and design combine to turn the poetic idea of the idyll into reality.

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* This article was originally published here



* This article was originally published here

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