Exploring the roots and finest contemporary expressions of Southwestern homes, architecture, design, style, culture, and living.

Ansaldi Shaw Design worked closely with the homeowners to meld Mexican design with New Mexican heritage.

In this city of intriguing architecture and puzzling contradictions, the past still shapes the future on New Mexico's high plains.

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Rachel Matthew Homes’ latest Corrales hacienda is all about lifestyle.

Hinkle Quality Homes builds a grand home for entertaining in the foothills high above Albuquerque.
The continuous interplay of nouveau, new faux, and the historical real thing gives New Mexican architecture its deeply satisfying charm.

Hammer and tongs meet laser beams, plus faux'dobe and twigs to a T.

A really smart house never forgets that people make a home.

The most satisfying way way to paint is to follow your color bliss—and ingnore the scoffers.

There's no escaping Santa Fe's history on a former burro track and ditch-side street called Acequia Madre.

Blended into the garden, ornamental grasses add color, texture, and movement to the planting scheme.

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