This House Doesn't Hold Back and Embraces the Desert

At the base of Echo Mountain in Phoenix, a geometric home by Wendell Burnette opens up to the surrounding desert landscape.

The first time Thomas and Laura Hyland saw the Dialogue House, an award-winning home in Phoenix, Arizona, was 2004. The housing market was in its zenith in 2007 when the couple toured through "almost as a joke," says Thomas, a business consultant. "We knew we couldn’t afford it."

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Margot Dougherty
Margot Dougherty is a freelance writer/editor in Los Angeles and a contributing editor to zesterdaily.com. Her writing has recently appeared in More, Conde Nast Traveler, and Los Angeles magazines.

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