Contemporary Mexican House | The Loyd Residence | New Mexico | Baker Architecture and Design

is a 4000 sf house with separate guest quarters located just outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico.This residential project, which is currently under construction, is situated to take advantage of 360 degree views. Each living area has a unique view, either toward the Sandia mountains in the distance, pinon covered hills in the foreground, or to a nearby canyon. The design, which is unequivocally contemporary, respects the indigenous traits of the Santa Fe style. A unique entry sequence brings visitors through a narrow gap to discover a private courtyard flanked by the main entry and the exterior entries of two guest rooms. The informal arrangement strengthens ties to the Santa Fe heritage and welcomes newcomers to the abode..........more

Santa Fe Retreat | Santa Fe, New Mexico | Overland Partners Architects

This private retreat serves as a prototype for a sustainable compound of structures and outdoor spaces that comfortably serve a broad array of uses. The retreat accommodates 14 guests for extended periods of time and has the capability and infrastructure necessary for hosting large charitable events and integrating office spaces and conference rooms for corporate needs as well as providing health and recreation activities.

A model of sustainable design, all materials are local and the architectural character is inspired by the historic culture of stone and adobe building materials while incorporating rainwater and greywater harvesting systems used to irrigate roof top gardens. Abundant use of natural light and building orientation to capture views and natural breezes reduces the need for mechanical and electrical systems........more

Abiquiu House| New Mexico | Anderson Anderson Architecture

Designed for an anthropologist and a concert pianist, retiring from Phoenix, Arizona, to this small New Mexico town on a desert site fronting the Rio Chama—not far from Georgia O’Keefe’s famous home on the bluff above this house uses several relatively standard prefabrication systems.
SIPs are used for the wall panels only, while the roof and floors are constructed of prefabricated 2×4 long-span trusses. Although it was originally intended to use panels as the roof and floor structure as well, the house was switched shortly before construction to a truss system to simplify the assembly and to reduce the structural lumber splines required in the long spans of the panels.
The owners have a number of animals, dogs and cats and occasional injured strays that they were concerned with protecting from the prevalent local hawks, eagles, coyotes, and rattlesnakes. Rather than compromise the design with the addition of a retrofitted chain link dog run, we developed a thoroughly integrated animal house.
For budget reasons, local contextualism, and appropriately barnyard practicality, we settled on chain link as a major material system for the house, protecting domestic animals and people from other animals or from accidental falls from the upper terraces.
Chain link is an ingenious prefabricated system that can be rolled out and hung from above like curtains, stretched and bolted to the walls and frames with large, round, specially cut steel washers that can be inexpensively manufactured in quantity and made available as modular parts in the system.
In some places the chain link stands away from the house, providing enclosure to exterior living spaces, and in other areas it hugs tight to the steel-siding-clad wall surfaces, providing visual continuity and textural relief to the large flat planes while at the same time providing a trellis for creeping plants that will grow up from the ground to further soften the profile of the house....more