On the Boards: Paradise Prairie

When traditional meets modernism, the result is Paradise Prairie, a Prairie-style home designed to sit high on a hillside with some of the best views in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

Paradise Prairie is a classic Prairie-style home characterized by its horizontal nature, stone detailing and deep-set overhangs that protect the architecture from the elements. Designed for a couple who didn’t want anything too modern, the three-story, five-bedroom house is all about light and views. With scenic mountain ranges, city lights, a country club and a golf course in its view corridors, it’s the ideal setting for homeowners who enjoy the desert lifestyle.

Honey-hued Italian travertine architectural masses and charcoal metal fascia intercept the home’s broad expanses of glass, while dry-stacked ledgestone and a charcoal-colored clay tile roof add character and warmth. At the same time, multiple sets of floor-to-ceiling windows and stretches of clerestory windows create a stylistic appearance.

The expansive five-bedroom home has many exceptional features, including a walk-out basement, expansive primary suite with dual closets, guest wing, large living/game room, two offices, two garages and five fireplaces. Outdoors, there’s an upper-level putting green, a raised spa on the main-level patio, a large swimming pool with a Baja shelf, an indoor/outdoor bar on the lower level and patios or off every interior space.