Oasis: Modern Desert Homes Around the World
There's something quietly radical about choosing the desert as home. Sparse, unforgiving, and yet oddly magnetic, it draws a particular kind of person, one who finds beauty in scarcity and meaning in simplicity. This is precisely the world that artist iO Tillett Wright captures in this richly visual volume, which tours an extraordinary range of desert dwellings from across the globe. From lovingly restored Airstreams to sweeping modern stucco structures, the book makes a compelling case that arid landscapes have quietly overtaken the coastal idyll as the destination of choice for creative, thoughtful living. Architects, artists, and free spirits alike have staked their claims in these sun-bleached territories, and the homes they've built are genuinely worth lingering over. Wright balances the iconic with the contemporary. Georgia O'Keeffe's celebrated Abiquiu residence in New Mexico sits alongside fresher projects such as Michael Barnard's Solar House in Marfa, Texas, showing how the desert aesthetic has evolved without losing its essential character. Casey Dunn's photography does quiet, assured work throughout, placing you inside spaces that feel both considered and lived-in. What the book ultimately conveys is a philosophy as much as an aesthetic: intentional living, a light environmental footprint, and an honest relationship with the surrounding land. It's the sort of book that lingers in the mind long after you've closed it, and might just make you rethink what home could look like.
- Author: iO Tillett Wright
- Publisher: Clarkson Potter
- Genre: Architecture
- ISBN: 978-0525575153
- Pages: 288 pages