AN ARCHITECTURAL AFFICIONADO, WHO OFTEN VISTED GREECE AS A TEENAGER, SOUGHT TO RECALL HIS EXPERIENCES IN A MOUNTAINOUS REGION WITH A SIMUALR LANDSCAPE. PARTICULAR TO HIS RECOLLECTION ARE THE REMAINING FASCADES OF TEMPLE STURCTURES, STANDING SINGULAR AND OFTEN WITHOUT OTHER PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE INTACT. THEY WERE IN HIS MEMORY, ONLY……..….“PARTIALLY THERE.”

THE GUEST HOUSE IS DESIGNED AS A SERIES OF COMPONENTS, A RAISED PLINTH, LONG STEPS, NARROW AND VERTICAL WINDOWS, AND A FREESTANDING COLONADE EXTENDING FROM THE HOUSE INTO THE LANDSCAPE, TO TRIGGER HIS MEMORIES. TO INCREASE THE LIVEABILITY OF THE 640-SQUARE FOOT INTERIOR, THE DESIGN IS PAIRED WITH A TERRACE OF 300-SQUARE FEET, FOR A MUCH EXPANDED GUEST HOUSE. COLOR ACCENTS AND HINTS OF EASTERN DETAILS, HAUNT THIS DREAM MACHINE, SENDING THE OWNER TO AN EARILER TIME AND PLACE , WHILE REMAINING ……………”FULLY HERE.”

2002 SANTA FE AIA HONOR AWARD

THE SMALL ADOBE HOUSE, BY AGNESA REEVE, 2004