... it might look like this competition-winning design by a Florida-based design firm braining up a design for sustainable lodging in Jordan. Warning: Sci-fi-ish desert dwelling fantasies ahead. From Design Boom:

emerging from the landscape like an uncovered stone, the luxury accommodations are revealed in geometric cut-outs from the topography. the architecture is inserted into the natural faults  and fissures of the land, resulting in simple and elemental forms that aim to enhance and embrace the site. as a living space, the project seeks to provide a direct connection between man and nature by leaving many elements of the design raw and honest to its surrounding.