Valley of Fire Ranch

A house for a young family in a remote part of New Mexico.  Pure shapes and volumes intact but connected.  A contemporary expression and definition of space but wrapped and grounded in local and vernacular materials.  The spaces in-between, in the Navajo Language-"kisombi", become the most powerful.  

Yes..."the Logo".  It is still my favorite--built, but I have never seen it.  The charge was use the vernacular language so rich in New Mexico...oh, and everything has to come form the local farm & ranch supply store. The closest lumbe

Yes..."the Logo".  It is still my favorite--built, but I have never seen it.  The charge was use the vernacular language so rich in New Mexico...oh, and everything has to come form the local farm & ranch supply store. The closest lumber yard was not close.
 

House Floor Plans

House Floor Plans

A house designed in the early part of the 1990's for a young family whose head was a forward thinking entrepreneur who just knew he could run his endeavors for nowhere New Mexico. At that time the idea was unheard of, however now the idea is almost commonplace. 

Garage Plans

Garage Plans