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The desert provides a sense of mystery and rugged beauty that attracts architects, home owners, vacationers, and anyone looking for an escape within its arid climate. This book showcases 50 works of residential architecture from across the last few decades, each with a unique connection to the desert in which it's situated. It's a carefully curated and beautifully illustrated selection of architect-designed houses that reflects contemporary concerns about the unique challenges presented by life in the desert's sensitive environment.

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A stunning selection of houses and resorts (each sleeker and more inventive than the next). --Vogue Online

A stunning selection of houses and resorts (each sleeker and more inventive than the next). --Vogue Online Living in the Desert is a beautiful new book that takes us inside an array of spectacular homes and shows us what it's like to actually live in them, with all the breathtaking photography we've come to expect from the publisher. --Conde Nast Traveler Online

A stunning selection of houses and resorts (each sleeker and more inventive than the next). --Vogue Online Living in the Desert is a beautiful new book that takes us inside an array of spectacular homes and shows us what it's like to actually live in them, with all the breathtaking photography we've come to expect from the publisher. --Conde Nast Traveler Online If you're a design aficionado living in an arid climate, you'll take great pleasure in leafing through this tome. Page after page, the book includes 50 modern houses located in desert landscapes across the US, Europe and Asia, thoughtfully designed to withstand harsh conditions and the scorching sun... To whet your design appetite is a mix of iconic projects by both established and emerging architects... This book is a lesson in the finest contemporary architecture from the desert. --Harper's Bazaar Interiors (Dubai) A new book explores how the sun-baked landscapes of the desert give architects the perfect environment for experimentation. --TheSpaces.com

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