Katya Grozovskaya
The Kellogg Doolittle House, designed by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, is an “organic architecture” home.
The interior is by John Vugrin, who made the furniture, doors, and glass planes. He’s still working on the home today.
The mansion can be rented on Airbnb Luxe for $6,500 per night.
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The Kellogg Doolittle House is a sprawling, three-bedroom home in Joshua Tree, California, which blends organic and brutalist architectural styles.
Katya Grozovskaya
It rents for $6,500 and more per night on Airbnb Luxe, and I recently toured it.
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The house was designed by renowned architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg for an artist couple, Jay and Beverly “Bev” Doolittle.
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The home was constructed over a more than 20-year period beginning in the 1980s.
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The home, which consists of an elevated main house and a smaller apartment and garage at street level, has a hand-laid stone walkway that runs 500 feet. The same stone flooring continues throughout the home.
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The house is on a 10.5-acre plot next to Joshua Tree National Park, which stretches nearly 800,000 acres.
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The home is estimated to be 5,000 square feet. However, it’s impossible to accurately measure it due to the irregular shape and construction.
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A long, winding walkway leads up to the front door.
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The home has no traditional walls and is instead crafted with 26 cantilevered concrete columns.
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Between each pillar, the ceiling is enclosed with glass.
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The unique front door is made with glass and metal.
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The home’s interior master craftsman, John Vugrin, is Kellogg’s protege and continues to work on the interior to this day. He started on the project in 1994.
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The interior features hanging sculptures made of marble. Every piece of furniture, built-in item, lighting fixture, and door was handmade by Vugrin.
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In fact, the home only has a singular art piece not created by Vugrin.
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Each of the more than 1,000 panes of glass in the home was hand crafted and is one-of-a-kind.
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The main living space is a few steps down from the main floor. The home is unique in that each aspect of the interior was designed by a single artist.
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It features a couch, a coffee table, a fireplace, and a TV made to look like a piece of art.
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It also offers a view of the home’s exterior.
Bedroom in the Kellogg Doolittle House.
Guests must walk up a few steps to enter the kitchen.
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The kitchen, which is built between massive, unmoved boulders, is designed in a semi-circle.
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A staircase leads down to one of the three bedrooms.
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The downstairs bedroom is more intimate than the others, with a lower ceiling and less square footage.
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The shower and sink are hand carved from marble.
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The dining table extends from the wall and is carved from marble. Each chair around it is unique.
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The table is cantilevered — hanging in space, only supported by its connection to the wall.
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The dining table design extends to create a table on one of the patios.
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The smaller of the patios has a water feature.
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This bathroom sink was hand-formed with copper.
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A couple of small work spaces can be found throughout the house.
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The entry to this bedroom offers a nod to Frank Lloyd Wright, with his characteristic compress and release technique of design.
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The room originally had a 14-foot pool, but it was recently transformed into a bedroom with the pool remaining intact underneath.
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This bedroom features the largest Hästens bed ever made in the company’s 170-year history.
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The master bathroom vanity was crafted with wood and bronze.
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It also features a shower and a bath made from stone. A waterfall snakes around the exterior of the bathroom.
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The master bedroom faces directly south, offering a view of the Milky Way on starry nights.
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The current owner is building a large outdoor bar where a planter used to be — complete with new, handmade chairs.
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The patio also offers a view of one of the bedrooms, as well as the house’s unique wave-like exterior.
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My tour of this one-of-a-kind home was a treat. It would be for anyone — architecture enthusiast or not — thanks to its grandiose features and endless hand-crafted elements.
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In true organic style, its beauty and uniqueness fit perfectly within Joshua Tree’s sprawling desert landscape.
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