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Palm Court Villas
Twelve guest villas arranged around shaded pools in the Sonoran desert.
- Client
- Palm Court Hospitality
- Year
- 2024
- Role
- Architecture
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ
Overview
A small resort that feels like a private home: twelve villas, four courtyards and a lot of shade.
The challenge
Desert heat makes most outdoor space unusable from May to September.
What we did
We grouped the villas around four courtyards with deep colonnades, planted palms for shade and turned the pools into the center of each group.
The outcome
Seventy percent of the outdoor space is shaded at noon and the resort filled 91% of its nights in year one.
12Guest villas
91%Occupancy, first year
70%Shaded outdoor space
Guests tell us the courtyards are the reason they book again.