Exterior twilight view of a mid-century modern style residence with a
A quintessential desert modern residence precedent featuring post-and-beam construction, floor-to-ceiling glass, and a dramatic integration of pool, boulders, and palm landscape.
- What we like about this project
- Large raw boulders placed directly in and around the swimming pool bridge organic landscape with orthogonal architecture.
Materials
- glass
- dark-steel-or-timber
- concrete
- natural-stone
- water
Visual identifiers
- post-and-beam
- glass-walls
- swimming-pool
- palm-trees
- boulders
Style tags
- mid-century-modern
- desert-modern
- contemporary-vernacular
Visual tags
- mid-century-modern
- residential
- poolside
- indoor-outdoor
- desert-architecture
- twilight
- Geometry
- Low-slung, single-story horizontal bar with an exposed post-and-beam structural grid aligned with a rectilinear swimming pool in the foreground.
- Facade system
- Floor-to-ceiling glass panels set between exposed dark wood or steel structural posts.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam frame with flat roof and expansive glass curtain walls.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential architecture stretching horizontally across the foreground, dwarfed vertically by tall palms.
- Lighting
- Twilight ambient sky balanced with warm interior lighting glowing through the glass walls and soft uplighting on palm trees.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, luxurious desert twilight calm with glowing interior warmth.
- Environmental context
- Desert oasis setting populated with mature palm trees and desert landscaping under a dusk sky.
- Spatial experience
- The outdoor pool terrace acts as an expansive open-air room that bridges the landscape and the transparent glazed living pavilion behind.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical dark posts create a measured rhythm across the entire glazed facade.
- Style reading
- Desert modernism
- Program
- Single-family luxury residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, dark-steel-or-timber, concrete, natural-stone, water
- Visual identifiers
- post-and-beam, glass-walls, swimming-pool, palm-trees, boulders
- Style tags
- mid-century-modern, desert-modern, contemporary-vernacular
- Visual tags
- mid-century-modern, residential, poolside, indoor-outdoor, desert-architecture, twilight
- Geometry
- Low-slung, single-story horizontal bar with an exposed post-and-beam structural grid aligned with a rectilinear swimming pool in the foreground.
- Facade system
- Floor-to-ceiling glass panels set between exposed dark wood or steel structural posts.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam frame with flat roof and expansive glass curtain walls.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential architecture stretching horizontally across the foreground, dwarfed vertically by tall palms.
- Lighting
- Twilight ambient sky balanced with warm interior lighting glowing through the glass walls and soft uplighting on palm trees.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, luxurious desert twilight calm with glowing interior warmth.
- Environmental context
- Desert oasis setting populated with mature palm trees and desert landscaping under a dusk sky.
- Spatial experience
- The outdoor pool terrace acts as an expansive open-air room that bridges the landscape and the transparent glazed living pavilion behind.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical dark posts create a measured rhythm across the entire glazed facade.
- Style reading
- Desert modernism
- Program
- Single-family luxury residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture