The Desert House: A Landmark Of American Organic Architecture By Kendrick Bangs Kellogg – Design You Trust

The Desert House: A Landmark Of American Organic Architecture By Kendrick Bangs Kellogg


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive

Perched on the slope of a rocky hill in the Californian desert, not far from Joshua Tree National Park, the Desert House by American architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg is hard to categorise. Its impressive exterior form which is impeccably composed and sophisticatedly embedded within its natural surroundings consists of numerous cast-concrete slabs, which seem to cover the interior like the foliage of an otherworldly tree.

Completed in the early 2000‘s after over a decade in the making, the house was commissioned by artist Bev Doolittle and her husband, who were fascinated by Kellogg’s unique aesthetic and gave him a carte blanche for the project.

Born in 1934, Kellogg is considered one of the pioneers of organic architecture in the USA; his idiosyncratic style has been expressed for the most part in private projects, examples being the striking Hoshino Wedding Chapel in Karuizawa, Japan, and the Yen House in La Jolla, California.

h/t: yatzer


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive


Lance Gerber / Nuvue Interactive

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