Mexican hacienda, small yet energy-efficient. They wanted a house that was warm and comfortable, with monastic simplicity; the sense of a house as a haven, a retreat.
The project’s design origins come from a combination of the traditional Mexican hacienda and the regional Northern New Mexican style. Room
The house's architectural massing breaks up its profile to avoid a boxy look and feel more like a hacienda. "We tried to make the house feel like it had been added onto many times and built organically by using different roofing materials in different pavilions: flat
like a hacienda. "We tried to make the house feel like it had been added onto many times and built organically by using different roofing materials in different pavilions: flat roofs with parapet walls or sloped roofs with Spanish clay tile," says Gritton.