C.P. and Elizabeth Drewett first met Frank DeBlasi in 2014 through family and friends. After learning the stories behind the amazing “Ballers” recognized by the Baller Dream Foundation, they were “all in” with their support. Drewett Works is honored to be a sponsor of this wonderful organization. Frank DeBlasi has a story to tell. And [...]
Drewett Works project Ebony and Ivory was featured in the January/February 2022 Luxe Interiors + Design–Arizona edition. Thank you for featuring our project, to writer Liz Arnold for her well-crafted article and to photographer Werner Segarra who brings architecture to life on the page. Enjoy! The Classics, Decanted A pair [...]
Nestled into a box canyon in Paradise Valley, Arizona, Ebony and Ivory is a marriage of a classic design aesthetic with modernist design principles. <> The husband and wife were slightly divided regarding “style,” so the resulting design was truly a vow of collaboration. With primary goals to meet the needs of an active family [...]
Razor’s Edge — a contemporary masterpiece situated on a lot previously inhabited by a blighted ranch home — utilized razor-like folding forms in its design to frame view corridors and protect its occupants and outdoor living spaces from the intense desert sun. The site was ripe for a fresh start with an overgrown landscape and [...]
Upward Bound, a sleek 11-story condo designed to showcase a modern art collection, is a study in functionality and minimalism yet nuanced by refined details and contemporary elements. This high-rise condo offered the perfect opportunity for a couple wanting to downsize as well as parlay their love of art into a gallery-like setting to create [...]
Now and Zen -- a renovation that gave new life to a stucco McMansion -- is a modernist, zen-like family retreat firmly founded in a timeless, refined palette of natural materials including limestone walls and floors and hemlock ceilings. Now and Zen afforded a second life to a stucco McMansion as it was transformed into [...]
Urban Modern is defined by dramatic cantilevered roof forms supported by multidimensional basalt-clad structures and pocketing walls of glass that frame the dramatic view of iconic Camelback Mountain. This speculative award-winning infill community on the site of the former Kachina Day School is comprised of four modernist homes that offer spectacular views of nearby mountains. [...]
Drewett Works project Straight Edge was featured in Luxe Interiors + Design magazine. Thank you to Luxe for featuring the project, and to writer Mikki Brammer for the beautiful article and photographer Laura Moss who brings the architecture to life. Enjoy! Straight Edge In a modernist home built into a [...]
Utilizing a carefully restrained material palette of combed-face white limestone cladding, plaster, and zinc, a refined and tranquil architectural composition embraces iconic southwestern mountain views while mitigating solar impacts. White Box No. 2 had an opportunity to stretch out and reach towards the views of iconic Camelback Mountain. But in embracing these views, the home [...]
Lofty horizontal planes author a melody harmonized by tone-on-tone natural and textured materials inviting a symphony of light to flood the spectacular indoor-outdoor spaces of Tonal Harmony. With adjacent neighbors within a fairly dense section of Paradise Valley, Arizona, C.P. Drewett sought to provide a tranquil retreat for a new-to-the-Valley surgeon and his family who [...]