High Desert Retreat
On a rocky plateau outside of Palm Desert, overlooking the Coachella Valley and San Jacinto Mountain Range, this residence tightly nestles into a constellation of existing boulders. The building is a composition of three fundamental elements: a floating roof plane, a collection of wooden volumes, and a pair of concrete anchor walls.
2022 Design Awards Winner
AIA California2021 Interior Architecture Award
AIA National2021 Honorable Mention
Architecture MasterPrize2021 Green Good Design Award
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design2021 Project of the Year
Residential Design Magazine2021 Frame Awards Finalist
Frame Magazine2021 Interior Design Competition Finalist
IIDA National2021 Best of Show
IIDA Northern California2021 Regional Winner for Contemporary Architecture
Luxe Magazine RED Awards2020 Record Houses
Architectural Record2020 American Architecture Awards
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design2020 Architecture Citation Award
AIA San Francisco2020 Winner
Blueprint Awards2020 Best of Year Awards Winner
Interior Design Magazine2020 Residential Merit Award
AIA California2020 National Design Excellence Award
Society of American Registered Architects2020 Gold Award
International Design Awards2020 Custom Design Award
Builder Magazine2020 Honorable Mention, Residential Architecture
San Francisco Design Week AwardsD.W. Johnston Construction
General ContractorStrandberg Engineering
Structural EngineerMonterey Energy Group
Mechanical EngineerHenrybuilt
CabinetryFAD Architecture Design
Furniture & Art SelectionSladden Engineering
Geotechnical EngineerCustom Controls Inc.
Low Voltage DesignFeiro Engineering, Inc
Civil Engineer & SurveyorAdam Rouse
PhotographyJoe Fletcher
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