Wendall Burnette Architects designed the Desert Courtyard House. This house has rammed earth walls that provide a protective shell around it. The desert Courtyard house was built to be used as a second home, and it is fully surrounded by granite boulders and tall cacti in order to not be noticeable. This house is on a surface of the patinated metal that helps this house blend in with its surroundings. The purpose of the way the outside of this building is designed was for it to be a shadow into the landscape. The desert is the center of this home because of the way it is positioned. It is on the edge of a peninsula and the main living area has glass walls.