Rosa Muerta Joshua Tree Home by Robert Stone
Rock star architect Robert Stone has designed and constructed a vacation home unlike anything we’ve seen before. The Rosa Muerta Joshua Tree Home is a desert sanctuary designed for those who need a true escape from the city of Los Angeles just 140 miles away. This all-black obelisk provides “glamour camping” to its visitors, an open-air vacation rental with running water and comfortable bedding– but total immersion in the wonderous natural environment of the desert. This work cannot be missed, be sure to take a close look at Stone’s design in the gallery below. [via twistedsifter and notcot]
What meathead paints a building black in the desert?
This COULD be a most intriguing design if the designer had not made it look like a jail.
@trimtab21, it’s actually quite utilitarian. The black metal will absorb heat during the day, then release it at night when it gets colder. Also, with the amount of ventilation in that structure, the heat that’s captured would most certainly not be felt during the day.