Collection by Anni Johnson
The massive curving wall serves as an alternative to the perimeter fence that's common to the neighborhood, an area which the architects says has developed a hodgepodge of architectural styles.
High Desert House is composed of 26 freestanding, concrete columns that look like rib bones.
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Tehachapi Mountains, California
Dwell Magazine : November / December 2017
When Marlene and E. Dale Adkins’s home of 22 years, a 1960s ranch house in Greenspring Valley, Maryland, was lost in a fire in 2013, the couple vowed to rebuild. Finished last year, their new home is covered in dark slate shingles for the sides and roof, Cor-Ten steel accents, and charred cedar for the gable fronts.
The home’s program is split between two structures, each completing one arm of the L shape, and connected by an enclosed, second-story bridge.
First built in 1959 as acclaimed architect Jim Olson's first project, this modest bunkhouse in the woods grew into an extraordinary family retreat.
The design team exposed the original brick highlighting the warmth of the original wood ceiling.
