Tag: Preservation
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Architecture + Community: Honorees of 1st Annual NMAF Awards receive accolades
To mark the Foundation’s 30th anniversary, the organization developed the Annual NMAF Awards Program to honor architecture and community. Representatives from each of the three distinct categories received the awards on June 3 during NMAF’s annual membership celebration. Out of a slate of more than 20 nominations made by community members from across New Mexico,…
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Coming Out of the Rough
John Gaw Meem was a “BMOC”: a busy man on campus. There are many examples of Meem’s architectural designs on the campus of the University of New Mexico including the acclaimed Zimmerman Library. He largely promoted, some might say invented, the Pueblo Revival style of architecture common in the Southwest. Tucked away on the UNM…
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Architectural Feature: Schmidt-McDonald Ranch House
Not so long ago, all rural houses in New Mexico were “off the grid.” In the case of the historic Schmidt-McDonald ranch house in Socorro County, a wind-powered electrical system was installed before rural electrification came to the US on a large scale during the 1930s. Built by the German-immigrant Franz Schmidt family in 1913, the…
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Huning Highlands on Display for the Holidays
The Huning’s Highlands Historic District was the Albuquerque’s first subdivision, platted the same month as the coming of the railroad in 1880. It was developed by one of the city’s wealthiest men at the time, Franz Huning. As more and more frame and brick Queen Anne style homes were built – some modest and some…
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Landmarks of the Española Valley — 28th Annual Tour
October 24 was a beautiful New Mexico fall day, and about 40 people enjoyed the perfect weather for the New Mexico Architectural Foundation’s 28th Annual Architectural Tour. This year we explored the Landmarks of the Española Valley. This is a historically significant region about 90 miles north of Albuquerque. The valley was the home of several…
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Discussions on Community Partnerships
During the Foundation’s annual architectural tour of the Landmarks of Española Valley on Oct. 24, participants will learn how community partnerships have helped ensure these historic structures are preserved for future generations. >> 2015 Annual Architecture Tour registration information >> The following individuals will be the featured presenters for each tour location. Francisco Guillermo “Willie” Atencio…
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Historic Preservation is Part of Successful Community Development
A recent article featured in the Albuquerque Journal, “Is history worth the cost of its preservation?“, details the issues that the town of Lordsburg faces as it examines whether or not to preserve its old high school that was built in 1916. Citizens in Lordsburg have worked for 10 years to save their historic high…
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Remembering Van Dorn Hooker
The Foundation’s Executive Committee sadly notes the passing of the organization’s first president and longtime supporter Van Dorn Hooker, Jr. on June 14, 2015. We offer heartfelt condolences to his surviving children, Ann Hooker Clarke and John Hooker, and his grandchildren. Van Dorn Hooker was a charter member and continued to be active with the…
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2008 Architectural Tour Revisited: Bandelier National Monument
In 2008, the New Mexico Architectural Foundation conducted its annual tour in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the New Deal and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). In addition to a visit to the Old Santa Fe Trail Building, participants toured CCC Historic District at Bandelier National Monument. Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000…
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An ode to New Mexico’s historic preservation and regionalism
The desire to recruit and educate a future generation capable of and passionate about conserving New Mexico’s, the nation’s, and the world’s outstanding cultural heritage, while creating new regionally-responsive design, led to the creation of the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning‘s program in Historic Preservation and Regionalism (HPR). By engaging contemporary…
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