The Jarson Residence in Paradise Valley, Arizona by Will Bruder Architects

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This house is designed as a vessel of personal discovery for two real estate professionals with an educated passion for modern architecture and their two sons. Gracefully embracing the topographic fold of a desert wash, the house focuses on the northeasterly view of the McDowell Mountains in the distance.

Front View

• Architects: Will Bruder Architects
• Project: The Jarson Residence
• Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona
• Client: Scott and Debbie Jarson
• Design: 2005-2006
• Construction: 2006-2007

Jarson Residence

• Total site area: 1 acre
• Total building area: 4,440 s.f.
• Total conditioned space area: 3,434 s.f.
• Architect Team: will bruder architects, Will Bruder, lead design; Eric Weber (project manager), Katherine Hogan, Chris Balzano, Dan Clevenger (project team)

Night View

• Engineers: rudow + berry, Inc (structural), DZ Engineering (civil), Associated Engineering (electrical)
• Landscape architect: Ten Eyck landscape architects
• General contractor: Urban Edge Builders
• Program: single family residence
• Structural system: engineered wood joists, wood and steel framing
• Major materials: weathered steel, blue blackened copper, integrally colored stucco

Jarson Residence

With its simple shed roof and deep overhangs, the house is a sculptural form of weathered steel and copper. A large weathered steel vessel for swimming emerges from the natural desert adjacent to a shaded raised gravel terrace.

Interior View

Entry, office and bedrooms, are on the upper level with the primary living and dining experience, a media / music chamber and potter’s studio tucked beneath. Cork and concrete floors, wall planes of translucent glass, and cabinets of cherry and stainless steel articulate the interiors. The upper level entry and passage are conceived as galleries for the owners’ art collection. The stair down to the collective living spaces plays against the subtle drama of the angled south façade, to draw you to the desert beyond where the double height living room takes you to the sky.

Interior View

Dining Table

Exterior View

Exterior View

Side View

North Elevation

Entry Plan

Section

Site Plan

Tags: Arizona, Paradise Valley

Categories: House, Residential

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