deborah auten architect

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deborah auten architect, Santa Fe

A house is a place to live, work and play. It is the extent of the universe and the size of a room. I begin design with space: what it should do and how it should feel, the pragmatic and the creative. Fundamentally, architecture is the skeleton around space. The skeleton defines, materializes the form, and gives image.Santa Fe architecture is a particularly rich language of elements. (See local terms for a visual glossary of some basics.) Courtyards, thick walls, natural materials and sculptural forms can be luxuries in other areas. Here they are expected, integral to design. Building today has very direct roots to past traditions.

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