This is one of the structures designed & built by residents at Taliesin West.
Live/ Work Shelter in the Arizona Desert. New steel and polycarbonate structure is superimposed upon the ‘artifact’ of concrete and stone, creating a dialouge between historic and contemporary forms. A grassy lawn cantilevers over a dry wash, further intensifying the contrast between the Natural and transient human intervention.” – Victor Sidy
See more of this Desert Shelter (1999) on Victor Sidy’s website.
This 440 ft2 (40.9 m2) weeHouse has just two rooms, an all-in-one living space and a bathroom. The living space has a bed placed in the middle of the room with a kitchenette and dining area at one end and a small sitting area at the other end.” – Small House Bliss
via A compact desert retreat by Alchemy Architects
John Wells built the shell of this one-room shack over nine days in 2007; now his 60-acre homestead, deep in the West Texas desert, includes four shipping containers under an arched metal roof, nine water tanks, a solar shower and a solar oven.” – The New York Times
See more of this house Off the Grid in the West Texas Desert at NYTimes.com. Photo by Tony Cenicola for The New York Times
John Wells went into the desert of Southwest Texas as an experiment, an experiment in living by facing challenges that most of us never consider, like how much water you get from a rainstorm or whether wind or solar is a better option.” – adventure journal
via Weekend Cabin: Field Lab, Terlingua, Texas
Looks like John Wells is going to have more company out in the desert. Pictured here is her outhouse. I wonder what kind of home Dona Lu plans to build?
“My part time SW neighbor Dona Lu came out to work on her place for the weekend. She pre-built studded walls for an out house building and needed a second pair of hands holding the parts so she could lag screw them together. Quite impressed with her design and carpentry skills.”
Read how Ryo plans to keep this tree alive in these inhospitable conditions.
“On a recent trip to Serenity Valley, I planted a cherry tree. Now, planting a fruit tree in the high desert, where there is no rain nor running water for half the year, may seem foolish. And maybe it is. But I planted it anyway. I think of it as an act of commitment; I’ve planted a tree, now I have to keep it alive.”
Read more about how I planted a cherry tree! « Laptop and a Rifle.
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