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2024-12-31T00:07:57-05:00
https://archinect.com/news/article/150299053/goin-glamping-hks-completes-its-autocamp-complex-in-joshua-tree-california
Goin' glamping: HKS completes its Autocamp complex in Joshua Tree, California
Josh Niland
2022-02-16T12:46:00-05:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4c/4c9e2bae677ce34f0c25d34e9e40d1e9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Just days after the firm’s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150298272/the-architecture-of-sofi-stadium-home-of-super-bowl-lvi" target="_blank">extraordinary Super Bowl</a> design fully acquitted itself on the national stage, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/4398903/hks-inc" target="_blank">HKS</a> in collaboration with <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150287251/narrative-design-studio" target="_blank">Narrative Design Studio</a> has taken the SoCal spotlight again under the guise of a new, mid-century-inspired modern clubhouse retreat now completed in Joshua Tree, California.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/65/65a2f60f374c4e7b426bbea10616f629.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/65/65a2f60f374c4e7b426bbea10616f629.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo © Matthew Kisiday</figcaption></figure><p>Featuring a 55-key resort and 25-acre campsite, the new Autrocamp retreat is defined by its network of courtyards, firepits, passive design elements, pools, and walking paths that combine to enhance the area’s amazing natural desert landscape. Anchored by an arched Quonset hut clubhouse building, the site expands along a shifted axis to provide a seamless indoor-outdoor transition to visitors, who can each enjoy vistas of the surrounding National Park underneath an ample amount of wind and solar protection.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/89/89a94fcdb68a7323301e1cb6395293c4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/89/89a94fcdb68a7323301e1cb6395293c4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo © Matthew Kisiday</figcaption></figure><p>Per the architects: “One of the critical design drivers was to incorporate a feeling of both privacy and community on the property. I...</p>