Celebrated Candelaria Design of Scottsdale provided the winglike design for this 15,353-squarefoot Mummy Mountain contemporary for a husband and wife; he’s a former airline CEO and aviation aficionado. “The owners knew what kind of style they wanted and came to us,” says Mark Candelaria, who assumed the project in 2007. “The entire design and build team was assembled early on, so it was a great collaboration with the owners, architect, interior designer and builder.” For the challenging hard-granite excavation and construction of this complicated home, the couple hired hillside builder, John Schultz, founder of Scottsdale-based Schultz Development. The well-known design firm of Wiseman and Gale, Scottsdale, provided the contemporary interiors. And Candelaria designed the bar to resemble a cockpit, which should get you flying.
