Innovative, Sculptural and Enduring Desert Architecture | Human Interest | Scoop.it

Apart from the soft breeze, the desert air is soundless. Cactus adorn the otherwise arid, gently undulating landscapes, where sculptural architecture rises from rock formations. It’s the barren land of the world’s deserts that equally lend creative inspiration and challenges for the structures built on them, as they must battle harsh temperatures, dust storms, monsoons and erosion. A few architects have used these challenges to their advantage, to innovate, to create radical pieces of architecture on the dry, rigid terrain.

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Via Lauren Moss, Paul Chappell