Swoon-worthy sunsets and a diverse culinary scene have long defined Arizona’s second-largest city, Tucson—but its architectural legacy is just as compelling. Across the high desert landscape, along with southwestern homes with adobe walls and red clay tile roofs, there is a striking collection of contemporary homes that embrace the city’s strong qualities of light, place, and culture. Among them is a light-filled residence by American architect Judith Chafee (1932–1998), a masterwork of desert modernism that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
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Originally named the Jane Solomon House, the two-story residence was completed in 1975 and sits on six protected acres of land in the Catalina Foothills. It’s since been dubbed Ramada House, after the 26-foot-tall timber structure that looms over the residence providing shade and casting shadows.
Ramada House has changed hands twice in the past five years. It first sold for $1.9 million in 2021 and then again last year for $2.5 million, this time to a group of concerned neighbors. Fearing a developer might acquire the property, they organized to purchase it with the intention of holding it until a buyer committed to preserving the landmark property stepped forward, Wallpaperreports…