High Desert Retreat / Aidlin Darling Design.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aidlin Darling Design, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1953 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aidlin Darling Design.

Architecture, Domestic--Arid regions--California--Coachella Valley--Pictorial works.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture, Modern--21st century--Pictorial works.

Architecture, Modern.

Architecture, Domestic--Arid regions.

California.

Physical Description:

115 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Chadstone, VIC ; New York, NY : Images Publishing Group, 2023.

Summary:

Starting with the question ?How to create a residence within this beautiful desolate site while also creating a respectful compliment to the existing ecology?, Aidlin Darling Design created a soulful environment on a bluff in the high desert. Overlooking the Coachella Valley, the resulting structure nestles tightly into a constellation of existing boulders. The residence is a composition of three fundamental elements: a floating roof plane, a collection of wooden volumes, and a pair of concrete anchor walls. The stunning result is testament to the ethos of the firm to design for all the senses. The home became a framing device in which the sensuality of the surrounds is highlighted, and the boulders, Pinyon Trees and the distant mountain ranges became sculptures and paintings to be appreciated from within. The design is exceedingly crisp in its geometry, providing an intentional contrast to the organic forms of the desert. This book takes the reader through the journey from design conception to the realisation.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

Contains:

Aidlin Darling Design. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

9781864709773

1864709774

OCLC:

1388645210