The Phoenix-based architect Wendell Burnette is known for designing buildings with a keen sense of place, whether it’s a galvanized zinc box of a house that sits on a flat Wisconsin crop field or the house shown here, on a five-acre site in a desert valley north of Cave Creek, Arizona. Designed as an emptynest home for Keith and Kim Meredith, the distinctive structure defines, Burnette says, “the core concept of how we live in the desert.” His clients, whom he describes as “into Eastern philosophy, paring down, and being close to nature,” had no interest in a conventional house.
These delightful set of designs come from the stables of Australian firm Rolling Stone Landscapes who have crafted some magical environments for their clients. Just flip through these images and you will experience a symphony of stone, water, lush greenery and lighting. The compositions are exquisite and it is as though you are looking at art. There is nothing to add or take away from any of them – everything is just the right mix. Have a look: