Jones Studio’s Underground Brick Wine House Is a Spectacular Low-Impact Space for Reds and Whites

Arizona-based <a href="http://www.jonesstudioinc.com/">Jones Studio</a> created a sustainable option for one family to store their wine throughout the year. This contextually unique 880 square-foot addition was added to the <a href="http://www.jonesstudioinc.com/33/index.htm">Thurston House</a> in Paradise Valley, Arizona in order to keep and display the family’s wine collection. Implanted in the topography of the site, the structure is made up of a visually impressive grouping of curved brick walls that create a vault in the ground with enough <a href="http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=Thermal+Capacity">thermal capacity</a> to make mechanical systems almost unnecessary throughout the year.

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