Container Magazine (but not those sort of containers) / by James Whitaker

A big thanks to Maria Anton Sanz and the team at Container magazine in Mexico for their piece about our Joshua Tree Residence. (Container is an art and design magazine that has nothing to do with the shipping boxes.)

“A good architecture provokes reactions”, this is how our special chat with James Whitaker begins, he is the founding architect of Whitaker Studio, creator of this “contained” house. “I don’t feel excited about buildings that simply do their work. Whether the architectural piece leads to a visceral emotion or there is an intellectual depth in the work, I feel attracted by architecture with certain je ne sais quoi. A work that responds to all the practical demands asked (avoiding rain and heat, for example), but then it is taken further and it becomes an artwork you can live in”.