Painted Sky Residence is a lovely desert house located in Scottsdale, Arizona, designed in 2018 by Kendle Design Collaborative.

Description
Our client for Painted Sky requested an ?elemental home,? a home of modern simplicity, void of cliché ornament or stylistic language that often looks dated in just a few years, a home that is as timeless as its natural desert surrounding. Our response was to organize the home about an enclosed courtyard, a traditional southwestern architype that provides privacy and shelter from the elements while drawing light to the interior. Walls of glass surround this courtyard such that interior social and circulation spaces benefit from its controlled views of nature while accessing its soft reflected daylight. Private areas, such as bedrooms and bathrooms, all with their own focused views, are reached via pathways that embrace the courtyard or focus on framed views of nature. Materials including natural field stone, earth-toned stucco, naturally weathered copper and cold-rolled steel adorn this home defining its various interior spaces while forming a pleasing composition of color and form that feels as if scattered amongst the desert over time. The most ?elemental? of all forms, the shed roof, protects this home from the harsh desert elements. Starting low at the front entry, defining a welcoming human scale, this simple, unifying form dramatically rises towards the sky revealing mountain views to the north.

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