Modern Homes Designed Around People, Place and the Arizona Desert

For architect Eric Spry, every home begins with two things: the client and the land. Rather than imposing a predetermined architectural style, the design process begins by understanding how clients live, what they value, and what makes their property unique.

Arizona's desert then becomes part of the architecture—views, topography, existing vegetation, solar orientation and the changing quality of desert light influence the form of each home.

From cantilevered hillside residences in Paradise Valley to rammed-earth modern retreats in North Scottsdale and Carefree, our studio combines structural clarity with honest desert materials: board-formed concrete, weathered steel, glass breezeways, and indigenous stone.