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

Architect Beverley Spears designs welcoming, comfortable homes at peace
with their high-desert surroundings.

Artful lodger
Santa Fe gallery owner Linda Durham’s “mini-estate” is all about soulful authenticity,
a place where 19th-century walls house contemporary art!

Tangled up in views
This Boomer-friendly “contemporary classic” interacts with the dramatic landscape and local building traditions of New Mexico
without sacrificing contemporary amenities.

Good neighbor
Fitting a new house—and subdivision—into an existing Santa Fe neighborhood tested the vision, skill, and tact of two ex-cops turned builders

Albuquerque's best parking place
This seventh-floor penthouse mixes colored plaster with contemporary
furnishings and industrial sex appeal to coin a new style: New Mexico Urban.

Floor it!
Check out bark, cork, bamboo, mud, stone, and concrete before you settle for the old Southwestern standbys.

You don’t have to be Georgia O’Keeffe to see beauty at home.

You asked about oceanfront condo colors, California adobe sources, ranch remodels, and fireplaces.

Cure cabin fever by designing to maximize the cheeriness of sunlight and the beauty of landscape while bringing the outside in.

Party lines, rotary phones, and directories that listed your occupation and the ages of your children marked a world of fewer
connections but a more comforting connectedness.

Whether personal retreat,
outdoor kitchen, or transition garden from house to yard, courtyard spaces smooth the hard edges of desert living for every sense, in every season.

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