

Measuring roughly 225 feet, one portion of the property is cantilevered off the ground using concrete columns, preventing it from disturbing the area’s giant boulders.

However, it took the two of them six years to finish the project. In collaboration with legendary Los Angeles architect Tomas Osinski, Chris completed the house in 2019. “I just drew a rectangle on paper and said, ‘OK, we’ll build this,’” he told the publication. “I thought it could just be a monolithic, reflective, ultra-minimal thing.” That led Chris to start sketching out plans for a new desert dwelling-one that was inspired by the 2001: A Space Odyssey film and reminiscent of a New York City skyscraper, reported The Wall Street Journal. The couple, who bought the land in the early 2000s, had already built a vacation home on the 70-acre parcel but some years later, came to find out that its size didn’t adhere to local regulations.

The famous Invisible House in Joshua Tree is on the market for $18 million.
