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The home's shady corner lot is full of large Maple trees and lush plantings. A deep eave marks the grand entrance, which is further dramatized by 15-foot-tall double doors with Medieval-style hardware from Spain.

A cathedral ceiling in the living room is

Virginia-based screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan’s 400-square foot work studio features NanaWall doors that fold open to connect the interior to the surrounding forest.

The rooms hidden behind the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves give the studio a whimsical quality.

6920 Bonita Avenue in Joshua Tree, California, is currently listed for $2,119,999 by James Bianco of Coldwell Banker Realty.

Taliesin Architects cofounder and principal John Rattenbury designed the curvilinear Myers Residence in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1991. The celebrated architect, who passed away in March 2021, studied under the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright for many years.

“Decorative details echo the shapes, forms, and colors of the desert,” says the listing agent.

“At approximately 10,000 square feet, the design belies its size in using multiple roof forms to break up the mass, and to provide a sense of individual shelters along the landscape,” says the listing agent.

TK TK TK Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice and Taliesin Architects cofounder John Rattenbury designed TK TK TK. “It remains one of the most significant homes by this firm and is deeply connected to Wright and his principles of organic architecture,” says the listing agent. “Impressive to this day, the Myers Residence appears to grow out of the hillside.”

Front exterior on Westway Drive in the Lido Shores neighborhood.