"When you approach the house, there isn't a typical procession to a main entry; you just organically filter through different openings," Howell notes. Inside are numerous opportunities to see the big view from the courtyard through the house.This design is also energy efficient. "The hacienda is 4 meters tall. The air flows through on the first level, and the hot air is trapped up high," Howell says. Thick walls control the temperature as well. "There is also passive solar gain in the winter. It's a natural way that's worked for hundreds of years."

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square entry w/view

Adobe Spanish hacienda

cool

clean

Framed opening

make it as a lap pool

like

circuito

car port

fountain spill

cyprus in mexico

fountain

courtyard

see thru

Fountain w/view

Symmetry. View. Flow.

framing trees

doheny spanish

Nama1

home layout

courtyard site line, connects to something bigger

courtyard

Frame views

arq

the notes re energy

Courtyard fountain

courtyard house 2

Good home

fuente especial

nice lines

Love it

Cool fountain and courtyard

the patio

hacienda idea

exteriores

fountain

Fountain

Casa Jose

fountain

Diferente espelho d'agua

nice pool

Love

Arizona

entrada casa mexicana

color

It takes a village to build a home like this one; the construction of this hacienda outside San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, kept a large number of craftspeople employed for three years. The artisans built this home brick by brick and without electricity for the first two years. "When we started this project, all the workers used to walk to the site," architect David Howell says. "Then, after a while, they had pedal bikes. About a year after that they had motorbikes, and by the end of the project they all had pickup trucks. It's a wonderful feeling to have a positive impact on the local community's economy." The home was a collaboration between Howell and the owner, furniture designer John Houshmand. "We designed the house in a classic hacienda style with a true courtyard fully enclosed by the exterior," Howell explains. "It's a monastic, simplistic aesthetic without embellishment." Local materials stand out, and views of the surrounding mountains of central Mexico were carefully considered.

view through the space

conc fountain

infinity fountain

stunning!

I can see myself hanging out here everyday

space and light

fountain

fountain with corner relief

Line

מבנים מחוברים

spanish modern exterior

House 2

CT2

feng sui viewpoints

Modern mediterranian

Nice use of axial focal pts

piscina

brilliant

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