At the edge
of everything.
A home carved into the canyon landscape. Follow the illuminated path. Your evening at UMBRA begins here.
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Architecture
with nowhere
else to be.
A wall becomes a landscape. A square of sky becomes a room. Still water turns the desert inward.
UMBRA is an imagined courtyard residence between immense sandstone formations. Rammed earth, smoked walnut and dark water create a world of shelter, light and silence.
Find your perspective ↗One continuous
horizon
Spaces shaped
by the landscape
Natural materials.
Considered details.
An imagined residence.
A real exploration of design.
UMBRA / REFLECTION COURT
02 / THE REFLECTION COURT
From earth
to still water.
Scroll to see the courtyard take shape, from an empty basin to a pool that holds the evening sky.
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Explore the finished spacesAI-generated construction visualization of an imagined residence.
UMBRA / THE REFLECTION COURT
From earth to still water.
Explore the courtyard before and after the imagined transformation.
BeforeAfter
REFLECTION COURT / ARCHITECTURAL STUDYAn inward
kind of world.
From the open desert to the private garden.
Choose a space to step closer.
An inward-facing courtyard gathers dark water, desert planting and the warm glow of rammed earth.
OPEN SKY / REFLECTION POOL / RAMMED EARTHEarth holds heat.
Shadow holds space.
A restrained palette lets the light do the talking. Explore the textures that give UMBRA its character.
Terracotta rammed earth
STONE
Soft, porous and beautifully imperfect. A layered earthen surface connects the architecture to the canyon.
Every space.
One connected home.
A furnished main-level drawing, from the arrival gallery to the water. Select any highlighted room to enter its rendered view.
Original concept drawing for this imagined residence. Room sizes and orientation are design assumptions, not a measured survey.
Stay a little
closer to the canyon.
A residence imagined.
A digital experience, made to be felt.
UMBRA / THE DESIGN STUDY
A closer look at the vision.
Explore the architectural language, materials and spatial ideas behind this imagined place.
