Through the use of material and color, I try to merge the house with its landscape. I believe it is also important to respect the authentic character of materials. The light in Santa Fe is unlike any other I've seen. It is a challenge to do it justice, but how the light washes a wall or etches a shadow is part of the poetry of design here. Thick walls splayed out framing a window, pergolas overlaid with latillas , and skylights are all ways of architecture can play with light.
Every house needs living space, play room, sleeping areas, kitchens and baths.
Every client needs these things in different ways. We work together - to join your ideas and mine, practicality and imagination, and contemporary and traditional elements to make a wonderful house. I am a sole practitioner, which means I am the principal on each project. My master's degree is from the University of Maryland. I am a registered architect in both Maryland and New Mexico.