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

FEATURE ARTICLES

Form fitting
By Laura Sanchez
Pacific Rim architecture meets 1950s modernism in the land of Pueblo Revival, as architect, builder, and homeowner bring
fine art to an Albuquerque home.

By the hands of man
By Charles C. Poling
Home designer Vishu Magee helps New York photographer Donald Graham create a magical Taos hideaway that honors the wild land around it.

Brave new New Mexico
By Elmo Baca
Honorees in the first Su Casa/AIA residential design competition find inspiration in the landscape, culture, and tradition of New Mexico—plus a healthy dose of the modernism that never was!

Space enough
By Laura Sanchez
Layout ingenuity preserves flow and views, while solar energy, water harvesting, and other green techniques keep thisupdated Pueblo-style home light on the land, too.

Cliff hanger
By Jane Mahoney
Mark Feldman isn’t afraid to build on steep sites, as he proves at his Southwestern contemporary house in Jemez Springs.

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DEPARTMENTS

Inside Su Casa
By Charles C. Poling
Southwestern style helps create the New Mexico we all dream about.

Southwestern Design
Q & A
Edited by Karen Jarnagin
Experts help readers seeking information on sourcing twigs, ordering the courtyard, dishing on Rastra, and solving the inevitable paint dilemma.

Style with Substance
By Vishu Magee
The remodeling process
points to a deeper truth: when you remodel your house, you’re remodeling yourself.

Home at Last
By Christine Mather
Rough hewn furniture with chip carving, whimsical painting, and unique forms and styles elevates New Mexico decor beyond “everyday U.S.A.”

In the Garden
By Judith Phillips
When rainfall is captured for xeric plants, surprisingly little additional water is needed for colorful
landscapes.
 
 




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