A Refuge of Modern Design and Luxury - Magnificent desert retreat

Remarkable architecture in the heart of an extraordinary desert landscape, minutes from shopping, dining, galleries, and world-class hiking the Jacobson House offers luxury, authenticity, privacy, and uncompromising comfort. The Jacobson House invites guests to intimately experience a landmark of 20th-century modern design and the work of Judith Chafee, one of America’s great architects.

Secluded and surrounded by 4 acres of undeveloped Sonoran desert, the three-bedroom three-bathroom Jacobson House is a remarkable retreat. The restrained aesthetic, muted natural palette, extraordinary views, defused light, and award-winning architecture allows guests to detach and reconnect to the rhythms of sunrise and sunset. Designed to complement the Sonoran desert, the house blurs the lines of indoor and outdoor, responding to the unique conditions of the Arizona landscape. Minutes from shopping, dining, galleries, and hiking the property offers luxury, beauty, and uncompromising comfort.

Sited on a desert plateau and surrounded by magnificent saguaros stands, the Jacobson House offers consummate privacy just minutes from Tucson’s best amenities, shopping, restaurants, galleries, and world-class hiking. Designed in response to the desert and to complement the rugged beauty of Southern Arizona, the house’s relaxed and elegant design is ideal for families or small groups of friends. With a private pool, the indoor and outdoor spaces offer ample capacity to unwind. Site-specific architecture, outdoor lounge seating, and dining area offers remarkable connections to the desert and expansive unparalleled views. Inside offers numerous iconic spaces, king-size and queen-sized beds, dining room, professional-grade kitchen, living room with wood burning fireplace, view room and library.

This award-winning, National Register-listed, historic landmark property, designed by one of the southwest great 20th-century architects Judith Chafee is located in Tucson’s central Catalina Foothills Estates with unparalleled views of the city, Santa Catalina mountains, and desert. An architecture of seduction, the house features three bedrooms and three baths, original concrete floors three fireplaces and soaring ceilings.

Designed by master architect Judith Chafee, FAIA, in 1975 and built in 1977, the Jacobson House is an icon of 20th-century modern desert design. The house embraces light, blurs the division between the outside and indoors, and creates space to breathe and reconnect with the rhythms of nature. The Jacobson House is an impressive modern masterpiece and private residence that you can call home while vacationing in Tucson. The Jacobson House is an architecture of seduction. One of the great 20th-century modern designs in Southern Arizona, the property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Pima County Historic Landmark. Staying at The Jacobson House is a unique opportunity to intimately connect with the work of one of America’s great architects.

Spectacular desert views
Private 15m (50ft) swimming pool
Private courtyards
Roof terrace with sun loungers, lounge seating, and dining area
Three bedrooms with king-size and queen beds
Living room with fireplace, dining room
Professional-grade kitchen
Three bathrooms with showers
Wi-Fi, TV, sound system, safe
Central Air-conditioning, heating

As a guest of A Refuge of Modern Design and Luxury - Magnificent desert retreat, you'll find an outdoor pool and barbecue grills. The front desk is open around the clock.

This Tucson villa is smoke free.