A Zara Home Collaboration With Vincent Van Duysen

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Midcentury Modern Bungalows Near Joshua Tree National Park

On the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, where a forest of wild paloverde trees meets towering granite boulders, the Joshua Tree Retreat Center welcomes the first boutique property in Yucca Valley, a town known for its eclectic offering of renovated motels and private-home rentals. The 14 suites, now known as the Bungalows, were designed and constructed in 1960 by the architect Harold Zook as accommodations for the site’s on-campus teachers. Located in the northwest corner of the center’s more than 130 acres of desert, the bungalows still feature their original wood exteriors, while the interiors seem sun-bleached, with earthy jute and sea grass rugs, woven cane-backed chairs and intricate millwork to evoke a bare-sand feel. The spaces were redeveloped by the hospitality company Homestead Modern and restored in collaboration with the consulting designer Brad Dunning; as a nod to the work of the Swiss architect Albert Frey, the rooms are accented with yellow textiles the color of Encelia flowers, a hue popularized by Frey in his modernist structures in nearby Palm Springs. Floor-to-ceiling glass panels and sleek concrete floors blend with expansive outdoor patios and the views beyond. During a stay, guests can cook on the site’s communal grills or dine at the retreat center’s vegetarian cafe. Rooms from $250, retreat.homesteadmodern.com.

On the occasion of his 60th birthday this spring, the Belgian architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen was given an opportunity to look back. He dove into his archives both professional — over the three decades of his career, he’s been known for a desaturated, soft-on-the-senses aesthetic originally born as a rejection of the brash excess of the ’80s — and personal, via an analysis of his own living rooms, for an ongoing collaboration that begins this month with the fashion giant Zara’s housewares line. “I wanted to revisit my ‘wardrobe’ of furniture pieces,” he says of the 19 products, which include furniture, lamps, rugs and smaller decorative items. Quality materials, such as solid French oak, sanded stone from Galicia, Spain (where Zara’s…