A new weekend getaway on large ranch in Brewster County, Texas. The ranch is largely flat desert terrain with the Chisos Mountains in the distance. The concept has four components: a large, flat roof to provide shade; rammed earth piers to anchor the building to the desert site; glass walls to visually allow the desert floor to pass through the structure, and a solid, rammed-earth “core” that contains the service spaces and serves as a visual counterpoint to the glass box.