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ShadowCaster is a private residence in Scottsdale, Arizona. Sitting on a topographically complex site, with extremely rugged landscape and slopes angling down in every direction, the home was designed and constructed like abridge spanning a ravine.
The house features a connected guesthouse, kitchen, master bedroom and bath, laundry room and a second bedroom on the main level. On the lower level, there is another guest area, seating area, recreation room, courtyard with pool and a separate small studio. The house also features a garage.
Shadow Caster is straight forward, with a concrete slab foundation poured directly onto the minimally graded site. Steel beams form the horizontal supports for both the bridge and the roof with enormous cantilevers stretching out as far as 28 feet. Steel grating projecting from the roof provides shading as well as beautiful patterning effects. The vertical load-bearing elements, including the walls and columns, are made of a standard concrete block tinted to match the color of the desert.
Cloud Chaser is a glass-and-steel structured private residence located in a gated residential community at the foothills of Tonto National Forest in Scottsdale, Arizona. Designed by David C. Hovey, FAIA and built by Optima, Inc in 2002 with Todd Kuhlman, AIA as Director of Architecture and Construction this work forwarded and shaped my principals of clarity and simplicity in architecture.
Sterling Ridge is a magnificent residence the Sonoran Desert of Scottsdale, Arizona. Designed to mediate between the high desert landscape and the desire to continue the nature and architectural language of Modernism. Designed by David C. Hovey, FAIA and built by Optima, Inc in 2004 with Todd Kuhlman, AIA as Director of Architecture and Construction,
Camelview Village is a 700-unit mixed use community of 11 buildings in Scottsdale, Arizona. Designed by David C. Hovey, FAIA and built by Optima, Inc in 2010, and a host of talented architects this project contains over 30 acres of landscaping on a 13-acre site. Todd Kuhlman, AIA, selected and placed all planting on-site based on exposure and lighting conditions.
