Kevin B Howard Architect

Specialties

Design & Build Company Specializing in Custom Desert Living.

When looking to build a modern home in the middle of the desert, you needn’t look further than Kevin B. Howard Architects. Kevin B. Howard Architects delivers a building process that is both streamlined and state of the art. «We evolved from a small architecture firm to a building, construction and design company,» Howard says.

The firm’s most recent endeavor, a design studio and furniture showroom, marks a tremendous milestone for the firm. «To serve my clients’ desire for high-​end kitchen products and furnishings, we’ve created a full-​service showroom,» Howard says.

Founder Kevin B. Howard is a native of Arizona; he has an innate appreciation for the local land and designs site-​specific homes that are fully integrated into the landscape, adapting Wrightian principles of organic architecture. «All of the influences of a site – the cacti, flora and fauna, topography, site orientation to the sun– all of these become a factor in designing a home,» says Howard, who is also inspired by the modern tectonic approaches of Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. Rooted in the ideals of sustainability, authenticity of materials and carefully integrated construction, Kevin B. Howard Architects is helping redefine the relationship between built form and nature. «We strive for every house we design to have less of an impact on its local environment,» Howard says…

History

Established in 1994.

Owner Kevin B Howard, RA