The Homeowners had a problem; "How to accommodate the family antiques, which are large and heavy, into the Contemporary Interior of a desert Territorial Style Home? Additionally, the ceilings were not to high?

Architect/ Professor Robert Nevins, provided the solution by a concept of 'Reducing the Mass' of the large antique pieces. Take away their third dimension by pushing them into niches, thus treating them like a painting or photograph. The concept proved itself by the result of open flowing spaces where the antique pieces were viewed frontally, as an art piece.