For full immersion in Arizona’s nature and starry sky, Telescope House, the latest offering by architecture studio Wendell Burnette, is the place to be. The retreat was designed to 'recede into the high-desert Sedona-landscape', the architects explain in their project description – and looking at its glazed façade andthat allows the lush greenery around it to take centre stage, it is clear that this is a project that can become the perfect viewing platform for its lucky residents.
'A couple from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ian and Anne Nowland, sent me an email about the possibility of doing a house in Sedona. They said they had been coming out here for decades, loved the Southwest and wanted to do a house as a quarterly retreat, rent it in the meantime as an Airbnb, and eventually they would retire here. I jumped at the chance to design .
Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House and Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary .
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