houston precedent

Love-love-love this little house from Houston we originally saw in Dwell. Posting these photos here as a design and materials precedent...

photos on Houzz

Dwell article

m&a architecture

geology

overview from The Lodge

Cloudcroft Quadrangle

The red circle marks the location of the lot. That blue color is the San Andres Formation:

And here are a couple roadcuts over the hill to the east:

local comp

Not our architectural style at all, although we do appreciate the few nervous nods towards FLW with large, cantilevered overhangs that surround this pagoda-like house. What is also interesting is that it's a 1-1.5 at nearly 300K, although it does have sleeping shelves for larger groups.

precedent from Houston

Love-love-love this house, ever since it was pubbed by Dwell in 2009.

white dust storm

Everything in New Mexico is more beautiful... White Sands udust storm as seen from space.

dark sky requirements

according to this article, Cloudcroft has a dark skies law.

Ordnance

USA Today: Cloudcroft #4 Best Southwestern Small Town

Article here.