Concept
Two volumes of light - one warm one cool - one projected to the expansive horizon and
one toward the canopy of the desert sky. Inspired by John Van Dyke’s ruminations on
desert light specifically “colored air” and “reflected light” in his The Desert -
Further Studies in Natural Appearances, the 2700sf Dialogue House is a gestalt
instrument for touching the full range and specificity of this light, this “place”-
day and night, season to season and year to year. The main living volume is elevated
above work, guest, and the car, furthest from the street on a lateral pinwheel brace of
charcoal masonry walls that extend cardinally capturing the site. The interior of the
street volume is plastered cool white, half terrace - half cool water as a retreat.
