DUST uses "lava-crete" to create monolithic desert house in Arizona
Arizona studio DUST has created a desert home south of Tucson using volcanic residue to form rammed-concrete walls (+ slideshow). More
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Slatted roof casts dramatic shadows over gateway to new university campus in Brazil
Architecture studios Rede Arquitetos and Croquis Projetos have completed the first building of a new university campus in Crateús, Brazil: an administration block that spans an access road to the site (+ slideshow). More
Babel Tower spins to reflect Iran's desert landscape
This stack of mirrored boxes modelled on the biblical Tower of Babel is programmed to slowly rotate, reflecting changing views of the Iranian desert terrain and sky (+ movie). More
Rafael Freyre uses natural and local materials to connect House in Azpitia with its setting
Stones from surrounding mountains and bricks from a local kiln were used to build this house bordering a desert in Peru, so it appears "like a new layer on the landscape" (+ slideshow). More
Burning Man "needed urban design because it's a city" says founder Larry Harvey
Later this week, 70,000 people will converge on a temporary city in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Burning Man founder Larry Harvey told Dezeen about the "stunning achievement" of creating a high-density, car-free festival in a remote and inhospitable landscape (+ slideshow + transcript). More
University graduates design and build cabins on Navajo reservation in Utah
Graduate students of a Colorado university design-build programme have completed a pair of cabins on the Navajo reservation made of rusted steel and reclaimed barn wood (+ slideshow). More
Imbue Design completes a rusty steel dwelling in the Utah desert
This house in the Utah desert is covered in sheets of rusty Corten steel to match the colour of the earth, while its four glazed gables are designed to take in views of the mountainous landscape (+ slideshow). More
Desert hideaway built among the ruins of an old miner's shelter in Arizona
The remains of a former miner's residence in the Arizona desert provided the foundations for this tiny steel and concrete retreat by designer David Frazee (+ slideshow). More
Desert Courtyard House by Wendell Burnette features rammed earth walls
Rammed earth walls built using soil from the desert site are wrapped in a protective weathered steel shell at this courtyard house near Phoenix by local firm Wendell Burnette Architects (+ slideshow). More
Dunn & Hillam Architects use angled roof to protect Desert House from the sun
This house in the Australian desert by Dunn & Hillam Architects hunkers down into the earth and features a large angled roof to protect it from extreme temperature fluctuations (+ slideshow). More
Ghost town engulfed by mounds of sand in photography by Romain Veillon
Photo essay: French photographer Romain Veillon explored an abandoned town that is slowly being consumed by the Namib desert to create these images of once-opulent buildings filled with sand dunes. More
Oller & Pejic's Desert House designed to look "like a shadow"
This all-black house in the Yucca Valley desert was designed by Los Angeles office Oller & Pejic to look "like a shadow" (+ slideshow). More
Lucid Stead installation by Phillip K Smith III makes a desert cabin appear transparent
American artist Phillip K Smith III has added mirrors to the walls of a desert shack in California to create the illusion that you can see right through the building (+ movie). More
Tucson Mountain Retreat by DUST
This holiday house with rammed earth walls by US architects DUST is nestled amongst the rocky outcrops and sprouting cacti of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona (+ slideshow). More
Starlight by Erich Remash, Jeremy Berglund, Don Peterson and Chad Ingle
These seven star-shaped lights appeared in the flat expanse of Nevada's Black Rock Desert during the 2012 Burning Man festival (+ slideshow). More
Nakai House by University of Colorado students
Eight architecture students from the University of Colorado have designed and built a cabin in the Utah desert for a Navajo woman (+ slideshow). More
Guelmim Technology School by Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani and Mohamed Amine Siana
Slideshow: following our earlier story about a university in the Moroccan desert with a sandy red exterior, here's a school of technology in the nearby town of Guelmim with walls covered in the same grainy render. More
Taroudant University by Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani and Mohamed Amine Siana
The harsh sunlight in the Moroccan desert casts dramatic shadows across the sandy red walls of this university by architects Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani and Mohamed Amine Siana. More
Yucca Crater by Ball-Nogues Studio
You can clamber down the inside walls of this ramshackle timber basin in the desert by Los Angeles designers Ball-Nogues Studio into a surprise swimming pool. More
Spaceport America by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners have completed the world’s first space terminal for tourists in New Mexico. More