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Galisteo
Burnside
Greene
Arcure
Van Drimmelen/Gore
Hoover
Lehman
Buchan
Dejah
Miller/Anderson
Ettinger/McLaughlin
Casa Sagrada
Seade
Tandem
Wetzel/Cameron
Dunn
Cerro Gordo
Chapel of Light
Community Bank

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March 3, 2016

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1456998711092{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]STONE, WATER, LIGHT An arced stone wall begins at an existing boulder on the site, curves along the hillside and flows into and through the house, terminating at the source of a stream. The house is grounded to the site. The stream flows along a circulation path past the entry to the outside. Interior and exterior are intertwined.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]A long narrow skylight casts a slice of light across a wall of art down to a narrow band...

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March 3, 2016

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1456998711092{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]GALISTEO BASIN PRESERVE RESIDENCE This modern home successfully translates the language of centuries-old southwestern residential design into contemporary values of spatial simplicity, sculptural form, and honesty of materials. There is repose and quietude that envelopes this residence, conveying a Zen-like austerity that is not impoverished nor vacuous, but rather spiritually transformative. In an age where New Mexico residential architecture too often is slavishly imitative of historical precedents, this clean and refreshing statement of high elevation living is...

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March 3, 2016

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1503921487366{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]Overall, the clients were looking for a sense of warmth, comfort and protection, with a comingling of interior and exterior worlds. They felt that the house should be responsive to the site and preserve some of the characteristics of the mesa and be an organic part of it. Indoors, they wanted a sense of expansive shelter, without excluding the outdoors.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]This house is an example of modernism that has been regionalized to fit...

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March 3, 2016

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1456998711092{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]The theme of this project was an exploration of designing within the historical vernacular of the Northern New Mexican style of architecture, while concurrently responding to site specific issues, such as predominant views, the changing light throughout the day and seasons, the natural topography, micro-climate, etc. In addition, A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, was closely referenced to imbue the home with those timeless, universal aspects of architecture that resonate with many, including the homeowners. Many...

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March 3, 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]To these clients, a family-oriented house was important: bright, open, with clean, contemporary lines. Symmetry and balance were also important, with strong horizontal and vertical expression. Access to views was on their list as well, which is accomplished with energy efficient, high quality and beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows and doors, which also provide lots of natural light and an easy flow between indoor and outdoor living spaces.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]This contemporary design centers on a continued pursuit to create...

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March 3, 2016

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1456998711092{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]The client wanted “a clean, unadorned adobe cluster of buildings appearing to be built on top of an existing site, now in ruin…that might resemble a Greek hillside village from a distance.” The interior was to be elegant, unadorned, and with a tone that is “tranquil, Zen-like and quiet,” with an orderly and un-embellished palette to offset the furniture. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]In determining the overall character of the exterior we attempted to bridge the gap between early...

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March 3, 2016

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1456998711092{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]This home, which earned three awards in the Santa Fe 2011 Parade of Homes, including best kitchen, best overall design and the Grand Hacienda Award, provides a serene, secluded retreat in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The architecture recedes back to frame panoramic views, and light is used as a form-defining element.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]Paying close attention to the topography of the steep lot allowed for minimal intervention onto the site. While the home feels strongly anchored,...

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March 3, 2016

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1456998711092{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]The owners wanted to feel in the house as if they “were on vacation”, with views to the garden from most windows. “Cozy and comfortable, lots of places to curl up and relax, with more free and open space,” was how they expressed it. They wanted to convert an existing Territorial style house into a home with a sense of spaciousness to closely match their contemporary lifestyle. Numerous French doors, windows and clerestories flood the interior...

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March 2, 2016

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1456998711092{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]Given the steep and narrow character of the site a historical reference was made to Italian Hill towns with their varying forms and levels as well as their integration into landscape features.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]This reference was synthesized with a contemporary expression of the Santa Fe style by way of familiar finishes and materials while at the same time adhering to a more contemporary expression of a clean geometric plan & proportions. The house is an expression...

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March 2, 2016

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1456998711092{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text el_class="project_main_cont"]This deceptively simple “H” plan of a Northern New Mexican style house was sited and designed in such a way as to capture dramatic views of the Manzano Mountains and the distant horizon from a number of key rooms – living/dining, library and master bedroom. Placed on a promontory overlooking the vast open spaces of the New Mexico landscape,[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]the house partially surrounds and defines sunrise and sunset courtyards both of which are accessible from...