In Joshua Tree, Living Under A Rock Never Looked Better, $1.5M
Created in 2009 by the renowned landscape architect Garett Carlson, The Boulder House was conceived visually as a large boulder rising beneath a hillock– actually a turf roof– becoming one with the landscape and almost invisible from the road. Set in a magical, drought-resistant and sympathetically planted landscape with wide-ranging views of Joshua Tree National Park, the 2-bed, 2-bath residence has come on the market for the first time this week. Behind gates and down a long gravel drive, the property opens up to face the desert with a fully retractable wall of glass.Photo credit: Marcelo Lagos for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Marcelo Lagos for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Marcelo Lagos for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Marcelo Lagos for Sotheby’s International RealtyWhat We Love: The Joshua Tree area, centered around nearby Pioneertown, has long been a magnet for filmmakers, and here many of the home’s large boulder features– the pool waterfall, the firepit, the property gates– were artfully fabricated to Carlson’s design, as they would have been for film sets in the area, blurring the line between reality and artifice. Even the patinated steel cladding of the structure refers back to the area’s historic mining camps.Photo credit: Marcelo Lagos for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Marcelo Lagos for Sotheby’s International RealtyMore: Go to the listing for additional images, details plus an enchanting video that tells the story best. The Boulder House presente a rare opportunity to own an exceptional dwelling in the desert, represented by Shen Schulz of Sotheby’s International Realty.Photo credit: Marcelo Lagos for Sotheby’s International RealtyThe post In Joshua Tree, Living Under A Rock Never Looked Better, $1.5M appeared first on California Home+Design.
A Desert Retreat, Off The Grid, $4.2M
With an aesthetic evoking the California mining camps of the 19th Century, this recently completed 2-bed, 2-bath, 10-acre property by Paul and Wendy Hadley near Pioneertown has just come on the market. Nestled into its high-elevation site (and not unlike its mining camp predecessors) the property operates completely off the grid, seamlessly and consciously integrated into a beautifully considered design. Sheltered under CorTen steel roofing, much of the home is constructed of reclaimed timber, stained to blend visually into the surrounding landscape.defaulPhoto Credit: Berlyn PhotographytPaul Hadley, a photographer, has lived in the area for almost three decades, celebrating the extraordinary landscape and its wild denizens. Called “Rocky Place” by the indigenous Serrano People, the landscape is marked by immense monochromatic boulders, wild indigenous plants, and in the distance, the slopes of Black Lava Butte, the verdant San Bernardino Mountains, the vast Mojave Desert, and the snow capped San Jacinto Mountain. Unfenced, the property welcomes the local wildlife, allowing residents to survey bobcats, kit foxes, mountain lions, desert tortoises and golden eagles. Immediately adjacent to the 100,000-plus-acre Sand To Snow National Monument, wild, untouched surroundings are never far from this beautifully crafted but simple dwelling.Photo Credit: Berlyn PhotographyPhoto Credit: Berlyn PhotographyPhoto Credit: Berlyn PhotographyPhoto Credit: Berlyn PhotographyMore: Go to the listing for additional images and details. A rare opportunity to own a matchless desert property incorporating the latest self-sufficiency technology with high style, represented by Keith Markovitz of TTK Represents of Compass and Clayton Baldwin of Kinetic Properties.Photo Credit: Berlyn PhotographyThe post A Desert Retreat, Off The Grid, $4.2M appeared first on California Home+Design.
A Classic Venice Compound, $5M
Since the 1980s, Venice has been the locus of cutting edge residential design, where architects have been looking at ways to deconstruct and reconstruct the gritty low-rise vernacular landscape using industrial materials in new applications, perhaps best exemplified by the Dennis Hopper Residence, where late actor/artist/photographer created a compound clad in corrugated metal panels and plywood.Photo credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtyHere—new to the market—is an updated but, era-perfect example by architect Kevin Mulcahy. The compound of three discrete structures spreads across a deep lot–the now reinvented original bungalow, a new three-story cube of glass and steel, plus a garage with access from the alley—all set within a private and hedged water-wise landscape.Photo credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtySeen from the garage, the main structure’s casual first level opens to the garden and just above, a soaring double height space displays the steel structure’s I-beams and trusses plus views of the neighborhood; bedrooms on the upper level are connected by a glass and steel bridge. The 5-bed, 5.5-bath property provides a wide range of flexible uses along with spectacular architectural spaces and a clear connection to the outdoors. Photo credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtyMore: Go to the listing for additional images and details. A unique opportunity to own a work of architecture that epitomizes the best of Venice style, represented by Graham Larson and Sam Plouchart of Sotheby’s International Realty.Photo credit: Peter Baker for Sotheby’s International RealtyThe post A Classic Venice Compound, $5M appeared first on California Home+Design.
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