In the high deserts of central Oregon, on the edge of the Crooked River canyon, an experimental and elemental home has been built. Sited amongst old-growth juniper trees and sage bush, the house embraces the desert environment. This rugged eight acre property offers incredible views of distant mountains and the river below, almost 500' down the cliff. 

The project was a long collaborative partnership between Dean Works and the owners, who built the house  over seven years while they lived in a yurt on the property.  The husband and wife - both in their seventies and retired - came from a long background of building, renovating, and tinkering but never took on such an ambitious build.

The major design ideas came about while camping on the site together after they purchased the property. The goal was to build a fire-resistant, sustainable, and beautiful home that felt at one with desert. Read more about the project on Dwell+. See the article here.

Photos by Mason Trinca and Dean Works. ​