Despite being located in an expansive golf community, the Brown residence celebrates stunning desert views from almost every space. Its careful design makes this possible as views to neighboring houses are edited out focused instead on distant mountains. While the residence presents an unassuming, modest scale to the street, it steps down with the slope of the site allowing the spaces inside to become quite generous. Oversize pivot doors and large expanses of glass allow abundant light and air into these spaces while broad overhangs and shading devices protect them from the harsh desert sun.

Simple stucco volumes play against the more voluminous steel and glass pavilion of the living/dining room that anchors the site and creates a private courtyard. Concrete garden walls and concrete and stone hardscape define this courtyard and other exterior spaces. The concrete continues inside as the predominant floor material while natural wood provides warmth on various wall, ceiling, and floor surfaces throughout the house. A steel clad swimming pool adjacent to the informal family room provides a pleasant escape from the desert heat.