Architect Michael Morrow of Kinneymorrow Architecture redesigned this classic housing in Marfa, Texas. With light and minimalism as mindset, the housing got transformed into a lovely Scandinavian style. “Minimalism has dipped in and out of architectural history,” says Morrow. “Once we removed the tacky, misguided features from the old adobe, it was essentially a minimalist building. The unadorned, gray-cement-stucco interior and the clean modern addition live comfortably together. In some ways, it’s like the lines are blurred between them.”
“Marfa is one of those places where the light has a special quality about it,” says Morrow. “It seems to imbue the place with a unique nature, and it’s one of the things that draws people here.”
“It’s very calming to the mind to visit the desert,” says Morrow. “After you’ve been here a bit, you feel like you’ve reset.”
Photography by Casey Dunn