Rick Joy: house, Arizona, USA.This house by Rick Joy is the latest in a series of dwellings in the desert of the American Southwest that poetically synthesise rationalist ra·tion·al·ism n. 1. Reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action. 2. Philosophy The theory that the exercise of reason, rather than experience, authority, or spiritual revelation, provides the primary forms, luscious Hispanic colour, a craft-based approach to building and an astute delight in the potential of materials (concrete, adobe, oxidised Adj. 1. oxidised - combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen; "the oxidized form of iodine" oxidized steel, taut skins of frameless glass). In a region predictably in thrall to the vernacular cheesiness chees·y adj. chees·i·er, chees·i·est 1. Containing or resembling cheese. 2. Informal Of poor quality; shoddy. of the ranch style bungalow, Joy's houses have a searing sear 1 v. seared, sear·ing, sears v.tr. 1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. clarity of conception and execution that extends the Modernist tradition of entering into a dialogue with nature and responding to the nuances of place. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Less abstract than it predecessors, this new house reworks the traditional Hispanic patio dwelling. At its heart is a generous courtyard, edged with verandas that mitigate the effects of the intense sun. Pools and trees provide additional shade. The four sides of the courtyard are given over to different functions--living, dining and sleeping to the east; guest quarters to the north; a large artist's studio to the west; and garage and stables on the south side. Bunkered in the landscape, the massive rammed earth rammed earth, material consisting chiefly of soil of sufficiently stiff consistency that has been placed in forms and pounded down. It has been used for buildings and walls since ancient times and was employed in some of the most ancient fortifications in the Middle walls present a hermetic hermetic /her·met·ic/ (her-met´ik) impervious to air. her·met·ic or her·met·i·cal adj. Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air. face to the world, but on the south-west corner a zaguan (large hallway) breaches and penetrates the compound to connect with the private delights within. C. S. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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