First survey of modernist and contemporary architecture and interiors
in the richly layered architectural history of Santa Fe Santa Fe Modern
reveals the high desert landscape as an ideal setting for bold,
abstracted forms of modernist houses.
Wide swaths of glass, deep-set portals, long porches, and courtyards
allow vistas, color, and light to become integral parts of the very
being of a house, emboldening a way to experience a personal connection
to the desert landscape.
The architects featured draw from the New Mexican architectural
heritage - they use ancient materials such as adobe in combination with
steel and glass, and they apply this language to the proportions and
demands exacted by today's world.
The houses they have designed are confident examples of architecture
that is particular to the New Mexico landscape and climate, and yet
simultaneously evoke the rigorous expressions of modernism.
The vigor and the allure of modern art and architecture hearten each
other in a way that is visible and exciting, and this book demonstrates
the synergistic relationship between art, architecture, and the land.