Modern Home Builders Issue 137 February 2025 | Page 94

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“ I was keen to integrate the beauty and elegance of architectural forms with sustainability and environmental stewardship . When you pay attention to the right things this can produce an easy overlap . We produce custom homes as well as boutique commercial property , primarily oriented towards small businesses . Bringing together architectural expressions , blending modern , contemporary design with more traditional elements , and marrying that with environmental stewardship has been particularly fun and interesting .
“ Being in northern New Mexico , where we have such a unique architectural heritage , is especially interesting . Santa Fe is one of the oldest cities in the US at over 400 years old , with native Pueblo people having inhabited the area for over 1000 years . There is a local building tradition that stretches back far beyond the Spanish colonial period commonly referred to as Adobe . This was
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