Profiles
The Visionaries
The Kellogg Doolittle Residence is the result of a rare alignment between a bold architect and patrons with the soul of artists.
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Kendrick Bangs Kellogg
Architect
Kendrick Bangs Kellogg (1934–2024) was a visionary architect whose work defied earth’s own gravity. A pioneer of Organic Architecture, Kellogg was known for his sculptural, otherworldly forms that seemed to grow out of the earth itself—structures that were as much emotional as they were spatial. His designs often required decades of devotion, and in the case of the Doolittle House, a lifetime. He was bold, unique and incredibly relevant.
“Kellogg’s architecture doesn’t just sit on the land—it becomes it.”
— Architectural Digest
Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright yet wholly original, Kellogg’s most iconic works—including the Kellogg Doolittle Residence, the Stone Church of Nagano, and the Onion House in Hawaii—are now studied worldwide as masterclasses in integrating site, structure, and soul.
Bev and Jay Doolittle
Clients & Artists
Bev and Jay Doolittle are the artistic soulmates who envisioned pressing the limits of form and function in a desert setting—and who enlisted Kendrick Kellogg to see it through with them. Both accomplished visual artists, the Doolittles gave Kellogg the most valuable creative currency: time, trust, and total freedom. Their role wasn’t simply that of patrons—it was of partners in a deeply patient and poetic process.
“Only artists could have nurtured a work like this into being.”
— T Magazine, The New York Times
Their belief in the power of beauty and their refusal to compromise on vision allowed this architectural love letter to unfold across 33 years.
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