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To find out more about how architect Carlos Kinsey used rustic materials to dramatic effect at the Talbot-Gorham residence, shown here, read the web-exclusive story.
This article first appeared in Winter 2008 Su Casa
Many of us naturally pause to reflect on our plans for the coming year when the days are short in deep winter—well, as deep as winter gets in the Southwest under the influence of La Niña. At Su Casa we support your home-related aspirations with our annual Sources guide to
products and services (page 111). If you can’t locate what you need in this exhaustive list, maybe you don’t need it.
If you’re thinking about building, your first job is finding the site. Take a look at the diversity in our selection of land developments (“Enchanted lands,” page 94). Each has its own twist: golf, adult living, an equestrian-friendly nature preserve, fractional ownership minutes by foot from the Santa Fe plaza, or view lots above Las Cruces, New Mexico. Rest assured, none qualifies as a run-of-the-mill suburb.
Also distinguished from the ordinary, our Su Casa/AIA Albuquerque Residential Design Award winners by Edmund Boniface and Cindy Terry bracket the wide range of architecture expressing place in New Mexico, from conventional Santa Fe style (“True to tradition,” page 84) to a modernist idealism of landscape-responsive form (“Into the Sandia skyline,” page 90). Meanwhile, our cover home by Mike Fischer explores an
extravagant deviation from right-angled dwellings while extending New Mexico’s unique adobe past (“Adobe designer throws a curve,” page 74).
All these stories and much more can now be found on our bigger, better website. Recently redesigned—OK, completely reconceived—SuCasaMagazine.com brings you more stories, more content, and more interactivity than ever before. You can browse the Visual Dictionary to see homes in a variety of styles, ask a question or peruse our vast archive of answers in our Expert Design Advice section, buy a book, renew your subscription, order back issues, pick up gardening tips, and share pictures of your casa with other online readers. You’ll even find a web-only feature story about the intriguing “shelter for the soul” designed by Santa Fe architect Carlos Kinsey in the mining district around Cerrillos, New Mexico—guaranteed, you’ve never seen another one like it.
Go ahead, take a peek!