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Tour this stunning Oregon home designed to capture high desert views

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Home entry at twilight with concrete planters, ornamental grasses, and warm interior lighting

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Lightfoot Architecture, in collaboration with Copperline Homes, has designed this spectacular high-desert modern home located in Bend, Oregon. This 4,188-square-foot home came together the way the best projects do—with a talented team, real attention to craft, and the kind of details you don’t get tired of looking at. The site called for something that could hold its own against those wide-open high desert views, and every material was chosen with that in mind.

Vertical grain fir ceilings run throughout, with exposed steel beams and glass walls that bring the high desert right inside. Outside, board-formed concrete and shou sugi ban siding give the home a quiet presence on the land. Clean lines, natural materials, and the kind of craftsmanship that rewards a closer look. Grounded from the moment you walk in, exactly what the project team was going for.

DESIGN DETAILS

ARCHITECT Lightfoot Architecture
BUILDER Copperline Homes
INTERIOR DESIGN Townsend Interiors

Front entry and arrival courtyard

Modern high desert home exterior lit up at dusk with concrete planters and ponderosa pine trees

What We Love About This Home

The combination of vertical-grain fir ceilings, exposed steel beams, and glass walls creates an interior that feels genuinely connected to the surrounding high-desert landscape rather than simply overlooking it. Board-formed concrete and shou sugi ban siding give the exterior a grounded, tactile presence that works with the land instead of competing with it. Every material choice reflects a project team that understood exactly where this home sits and what it needed to be.

Tell Us: Which space in this high desert home in Oregon draws you in most? The dramatic kitchen with its waterfall marble island, or the terrace with that linear fire pit looking out over the high desert? Let us know in the Comments below!

Note: Be sure to check out a couple of other incredible home tours that we have showcased here on One Kindesign in the state of Oregon: Tour a Northwest contemporary home filled with inviting warmth in Oregon and A modern yet welcoming home in the Pacific Northwest draws nature inside.

Illuminated front entry courtyard at dusk with slatted wood door and floor-to-ceiling glazing

Open-plan kitchen with marble island and white oak cabinetry

Large marble kitchen island with globe pendant lights and exposed wood beam ceiling

White oak kitchen cabinets with Lacanche range and curved marble island

Kitchen island with waterfall marble countertop and white oak cabinetry

Kitchen island overlooking open-plan living and dining with floor-to-ceiling windows

White oak kitchen with marble countertops and open shelving leading to living room

Living room with fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows

Living room with wood beam ceiling, fireplace, and wraparound windows framing ponderosa pines

Open-plan kitchen and dining room with walnut table and views of high desert landscape

Dining area with a walnut table and carved wood wall art

Walnut dining table with carved wood wall art and sliding glass doors to terrace

Open floor plan with dining area and kitchen seen from sliding glass doors

Covered outdoor patio with linear fire pit

Covered patio with concrete fire table at dusk, open to indoor dining room

Outdoor terrace with linear gas fire pit overlooking high desert scrubland at dusk

Hallway built-ins leading to the owner’s bedroom

Built-in white oak bookcase with hallway leading to bedroom

Primary bedroom with wood-paneled accent wall, clerestory windows, and garden views

Owner’s bathroom with zellige tile and walk-in shower

Primary bathroom with zellige tile, dual vanity, and clerestory windows

Primary bathroom with walk-in shower, dual vanity, and wood ceiling

Powder room with teal zellige tile and brass fixtures

Powder room with deep teal zellige tile, brass fixtures, and textured wallpaper

Backyard landscaping overlooking the high desert

Concrete staircase leading to covered terrace overlooking high desert scrubland at dusk

Flagstone path with water feature and drought-tolerant plantings beside dark wood siding

Home entry with dark vertical siding, concrete planters with feather reed grass

Modern high desert home exterior with dark wood siding and flat roofline

Home exterior at dusk with dark siding, metal roof, and quaking aspen trees

PHOTOGRAPHER Kayla McKenzie

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