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HABS ARIZ,7-CACR,1- (sheet 1 of 4) - Dome in the Desert, Grapevine Road, Cave Creek, Maricopa County, AZ
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Related names:

Soleri, Paolo
Mills, Mark
Boyle, Michael, faculty sponsor
Arizona State University, College of Architecture, sponsor
Brazil, Rick E, delineator
Title
HABS ARIZ,7-CACR,1- (sheet 1 of 4) - Dome in the Desert, Grapevine Road, Cave Creek, Maricopa County, AZ
Depicted place Arizona; Maricopa County; Cave Creek
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS ARIZ,7-CACR,1- (sheet 1 of 4)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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Notes
  • 1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention
  • Significance: "The Dome in the Desert" built in 1949, coined its name from its shape and it function. The historical significance of this structure is the ideas and concepts that Paolo Soleri & Mark Mills implemented to create a dwelling that is functional to desert living. The site is 30 miles north of Phoenix, in the remote town of Cave Creek, Arizona. The elevations of Cave Creek is approximately 1000 feet higher than Phoenix, but is still in a desert environment. The majority of this building is carved into the sloping site. This affords the northern portion of the house to have a "cave-like" feel to the interior space, while conversely the domed portion reveals an open uninhibited feeling. The attempt to create a dwelling that allows you to live in the desert instead of manipulating and destroying the environment, and to bring comfort for living is much understood and implied in this structure. The majority of the construction is concrete and desert stone. This creates a dwelling that is truly indigenous to living in the desert. Such a dwelling is worthy of historical documentation for all to experience and learn from.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39
  • Survey number: HABS AZ-148
  • Building/structure dates: 1949 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/az0252.sheet.00001a
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Object location33° 49′ 59.99″ N, 111° 57′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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