THE GRAHAM RESIDENCE
DESIGNED BY 02 ARCHITECTURE
Yucca Valley, California
4 guests / 2 bedrooms / 2 beds / 1 bath
From $725 / Night
ARCHITECTURE
The Graham Residence is a prefabricated steel home is remotely located in an area with limited access and great natural beauty. The program called for a modest residence that can be built and maintained with limited impact to the existing surroundings and free of ongoing maintenance. The home is elevated off the landscape on 8-steel columns that allow both the home and decks to float above the natural terrain. The continuous steel columns, extending from the footing to roof deck, form the key component of the building system's bolted moment resisting steel frame. The steel frame, building materials and systems, are prefabricated and transported “flat-packed” to the job site. With the system’s speed and efficiency this project was built over an 8 week period with minimal construction waste and disturbance.
PEOPLE
The home was commissioned in 2011 by Gordon Graham, and in an ode to the midcentury design that it channels, the hosts decided to name it after the original homeowner. Graham incorporated many nods to the show "Mad Men" in the original home, including an exact replica of the couch that Don Draper passes out on in an episode in Palm Springs.
PLACE
Surrounded by ten acres of stunning desert landscape in the Yucca Valley, this remarkable net-zero energy home really is the epitome of a secluded getaway. It’s been profiled in Dwell Magazine as well as on countless high-end websites. With glass sliding doors in each room inviting you to step out into the wild beauty outside, there’s a seamless flow between indoors and outdoors making this home feel completely at one with the Mojave Desert.
