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This modern minimalist house in North Phoenix, Arizona, was designed by The Ranch Mine in partnership with Boxwell Homes. Built on a 2-acre desert lot, the 4,090-square-foot home wraps around a central courtyard, forming a distinctive “O” shape that gives the residence its name: ‘O-asis.’ Throughout the home, slat-walnut paneling, polished concrete floors, and expansive glazing from Western Windows create a seamless connection between sleek modern design and the surrounding desert landscape.
A 15.12-kW Tesla solar system powers the home, reflecting the architects’ goal to “integrate modern life with the timeless beauty of music, sunlight, and desert flora and fauna.” Sunken low into the terrain, the house stands just 12.5 feet tall and is enclosed by a rusted steel rattlesnake fence, a striking, practical detail unique to its desert setting.
Modern Minimalist House Exterior with Desert Views
Above: The exterior facade features a smooth white stucco finish and recessed ipe wood niches. A Cor-Ten steel slat fencing is fitted with a rattlesnake guard.
What We Love About This Home
This modern minimalist house was designed to move away from what defines a typical luxury home, opting instead to focus on modern luxuries such as energy independence, low maintenance, indoor-outdoor living, growing your own food, peace and tranquility, multigenerational living, and a connection with nature. Overall, this home provides a spectacular oasis in the desert for multi-generational living.
Tell Us: What do you think of the overall design of this home? Would you put solar panels on your roof? Let us know your thoughts in the Comments below!
Note: Have a look at another amazing home tour that we have featured here on One Kindesign from the portfolio of the architects of this project, The Ranch Mine: Striking dwelling inspired by the missions in southern Arizona.
Central Courtyard Design Cools the Desert Home Naturally
Above: The black light fixture in the entryway is from Restoration Hardware.
At the heart of this home is a spacious courtyard that filters in indirect natural light, fresh air, and unique plants. Pocketing glass doors on either side of the main living space provide cross-ventilation throughout the house while transforming the main living areas into a covered, open-air space in seconds.
Above: The center courtyard helps passively cool the house. The dimensions of this space are 18′ by 58′.
Open-Concept Living Room with Indoor-Outdoor Flow
Above: In the living room, the blue sofas were sourced from Feathers Fine Furnishings in Scottsdale, AZ.
Modern Minimalist Kitchen with Walnut and Concrete Finishes
Desert Patio and Outdoor Living Spaces
Swimming Pool with Mountain and Desert Views
The strong horizontal form of this dwelling is used to highlight the dramatic shapes of the rugged desert landscape. Breaking out from the O-shaped plan of this structure, the swimming pool draws your eye outwards, toward the desert landscape and rugged mountain views to the South. A built-in fire pit bench frames the opposing edge of the swimming pool.
Private Yoga Studio with Cork Flooring and Desert Views
Above: A yoga studio was designed for the owner’s mother, a yoga instructor. Through expansive glazing, this meditative sanctuary captures vistas of the desert landscape. The rest of this dwelling uses concrete for flooring; this space was outfitted with cork, providing a superior non-slip grip. A floor-to-ceiling wall of custom walnut cabinetry helps to keep clutter at bay.
Owner’s Bedroom and Walk-In Closet
Above: In the master walk-in closet, the walls are clad in Black walnut.
Spa-Like Bathroom with Limestone Steam Shower
Above: A spa-like owner’s bathroom features a limestone-clad steam shower. An eye-catching walnut slat wall hides storage cubbies for towels.
In-Law Suite for Multigenerational Living
Above: On the north-east side of this dwelling is an 860-square-foot in-law suite for the couple’s parents. The image above shows their private patio with a deep overhang to provide shade from the sun.
Above: To saves costs, the in-law suite shares two walls with the main house. The space has its own private entry, patio, full kitchen, living area, en-suite bedroom and a laundry room.
Floor Plans and Elevation Drawings
PHOTOGRAPHER Roehner + Ryan
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