Tara Blackbird Residence

South Exterior

The design for the Blackbird residence came from the client's favorite song “Blackbird” by The Beatles. To comply with city ordinances it was integral to have the home feel like it was sculpted like the nature that surrounds it. This modern mansion is nestled in a valley of lava rock and surrounded by bright orange mountains. The home is not meant to stand out in the landscape but to be low profile and blend into the landscape.The dark gray exterior of the house melds into the black lava rock surrounding it, as well as calling reverence to the sleek black feathers of a blackbird. The multi-level roofs echo the plateaus along the horizon and the outstretched wings as a blackbird glides through the air.

West Exterior

To keep the interior light and break up the visual weight of the exterior windows became very important to the design. Clerestory windows are scattered along the tops of most walls to give a heavenly feeling to the interior. For the exterior these windows give the idea of air underneath the wings of a soaring bird.

North Exterior

The clients didn’t want the home to feel like a warehouse or something with a lot of “boring sides” to it. So the sized windows scattered around the exterior gives character to the facade with a single material. The Blackbird is designed to not have a lonely window.

INTERIOR

DESIGN

Blackbird

Residence

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