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JoshuaTree, California. 1987-90 Located just outside the Joshua Tree National Monument, this 90 m^} house is designed to fit into its spectacular natural environ-ment. 'The colors." says the architect Josh Schweitzer, 'are the colors of the desert,' and "the monolithic forms of the buildings echo the forms of the rocks.' This house approaches art as much as any functional struaurecan.

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