Building in the Desert showcases residential projects and landscape design works built in the American Southwest: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. All the projects highlight this as an unparalleled region with a rich variety of landscapes—rolling hills, mountains, canyons, mesas, deserts and volcanoes. These conditions offer unique design challenges and opportunities to create works that adapt to the natural environment—no matter how harsh it is—rather than conquer it, while always addressing sustainability.