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DESERT RETREATS SEDONA STYLE, 2004
Soho to Sedona
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Sedona doesn't remind anyone of SoHo. Aldo Andreoli has been practicing architecture for the past ten years at Sanba, a design and development company he founded in New York. His specialties are loft designs and conversion in TriBeCa and condominiums on the Upper West Side.
Sometime in the midst of that busyness, Aldo took a fateful trip to Sedona for meditation and relaxation. Inevitably, he found a parcel of land of "incredible peace", and began building his retreat.
The design of the Sedona house tempers Italian style, international chic, and a meditative desert life. A simple rectangular form is animated by a Romanesque tunnel-vaulted roof in copper. The selection of materials is the design equivalent of the oxidizing copper deposits found in the surrounding red rock formations. The roof's patina is transforming Aldo's house into a camouflage of color that will eventually blend into the distant landscape. The interior rooms utilize light, lines, and curves for an endless variety of shadow and shape. Patterns made by shutters and window treatments are like voices, allowing the rooms to speak to one another. A wall of glass on the south side transforms the sky's temperament into decor. An inanimate room doesn't exist in Aldo's house.
Recently, Aldo made a permanent move to his Sedona retreat. He has design and architecture projects underway in the desert. After moving, following the events in New York in September of 2001, this Italian fellow, who rides a sunflower yellow Harley and has a heart for stillness, found a home in the desert.
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