A ten acre desert site that contains two desert washes.

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Architects: MASA Studio

Location: Paradise Valley, AZ, United States

Design: Marwan Al-Sayed

Project Year: 2014

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Managing Partner: Mies Al-Sayed 

Project Architect Design Phase: Suzanne Stefan

Project Architect Construction Phase: Gabby Quijada

Design Assistants: James Deering, Koki Masumi, Jürgen Scheemann, Diana Roitman  

General Contractor: 180 Degrees

Structural Engineer: Rudow & Berry

Mechanical Engineer: Roy Otterbein

Lighting Design: Clark Johnson

Interior Design: Jan Showers
Civil Engineer: Bob Atherthon

Landscape Design Phase: Michael Boucher Landscape

Landscape Construction Phase: Jeff Berghoff Design

Art Consultant: John Runyon

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A ten acre desert site that contains two desert washes.A modern, yet archaic architecture of walls that contain space and space that contains walls. Space becomes thinned out form and form becomes condensed space.

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Massive walls inscribed in the earth. From above, snake like and calligraphic in form blurring boundaries between outside and inside, courtyards and rooms, container and contained.

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Wonderful vistas to both nearb...