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Monday, September 19, 2011

THE BROWN HOUSE

Architect: Lake|Flato Architects
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Project Team: Ted Flato, FAIA, Karla Greer, AIA, Brian Comeaux, AIA, Parrish Kyle, Assoc. AIA, Conor Samuels
Consultants: Datum Engineers, Lighting Consultants, Tonnessen Inc.
Contractor: Construction Zone
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Timmerman Photography

Situated among an extensive golf community in the heart of Arizona, The Brown Residence by Lake|Flato Architects is an affluent blend of glass and steel. Even with so many windows, the broad overhangs allow the use of an abundance of glazing without succumbing to extreme heat gain from the desert Sun. Moreover, their strategic placement provides views of the desert mountainscape and not to the neighboring residences.

Although the home appears small from the street view, the inside is much bigger because of the way the design builds into the sloped site. Among the desert landscaping, an outdoor fire pit and infinity pool are found for use when the heat is not as commanding.

THE BROWN HOUSE | LAKE|FLATO ARCHITECTS

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THE BROWN HOUSE | LAKE|FLATO ARCHITECTS

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

GUERRERO HOUSE

Architects: Alberto Campo Baeza
Location: Cadiz, Spain
Collaborators: Ignacio Aguirre, Miguel Vela
Project Year: 2005
Project Area: 170 sqm, 400 sqm with Patios
Photographs: Roland Halbe

GUERRERO HOUSE | ALBERTO CAMPO BAEZA

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To build a well-balanced house full of light and shade. We built very tall, 8 meter high, walls around a 33 x 18 meter rectangle and covered the central strip, 9 x 18 meters. We raised the ceiling of the 9 x 9 central square to the same height as the 8 meter high outside walls. To fill this central space with shade, we opened it to the front and back, creating 3 meter deep porches that protect these openings from the sun, tempering the light. To either side, bedrooms and baths.

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In the front courtyard, the entrance to the house, four orange trees mark the central and main axis, flanked by low walls that hide service areas. In the back courtyard, another four orange trees are similarly aligned. And at the end, carved into the ground, a trough like pond stretches from side to side. The house is the construction of a luminous shadow.