Nestled in the Mojave Desert, Echo is a retreat that blurs boundaries between architecture and landscape. Defined by a rhythm of wood slats and concrete masses, the residence embraces light, shadow, and materiality to create a sanctuary both monolithic and permeable. Its language draws from the desert’s rugged poetics: a concrete base anchors the structure, absorbing shifting hues, while wooden fins wrap upper volumes, filtering sunlight and offering dynamic texture. This interplay of solidity and lightness allows the home to breathe with the land, attuned to diurnal rhythms. Courtyards and terraces extend living outward, where native plantings soften lines and dissolve edges into wilderness. Inside, expansive glazing frames mountain silhouettes and sky, erasing barriers between interior and exterior. Echo is a study in environmental synergy: passive cooling, deep overhangs, operable screens, and thermal mass regulate comfort, while water-conscious strategies integrate with the desert ecology. Ultimately, Echo is architecture of quiet contemplation, where form, material, and nature resonate in synchrony, a retreat that listens to land, light, and desert wind.
Bio Established in 2014, Daniel Joseph Chenin, Ltd. is an international award-winning, design studio redefining luxury with an integrated approach that blurs the lines between design disciplines and project typologies. Drawing upon experience crafting luxury hospitality spaces for top tier international brands, the firm is focused on delivering exceptional service and design quality across a range of project types in both architecture and interior design.
