Western Interiors & Design

Perched on the precipice of a finger mesa in Los Alamos, a residence designed by Santa Fe-based Archaeo Architects offers unrivaled 270-degree views of the northern New Mexico landscape.

The Lannan campus, with its historic facades and modern interiors, mirrors the foundation’s philanthropic mission to support long-standing expressions of creativity, such as art and literature, in their most contemporary forms.

With nearly nine hundred buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, Las Vegas, New Mexico, is an architectural time capsule.

Every July on a certain Sunday, the archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, tours the Plaza after Mass to douse artists and their creations with holy water while waving incense. It’s not the summer heat that necessitates the blessings, but Spanish Market—the oldest and largest showcase of devotional art in the United States.

With its carved surfaces, stained coloration and designs rooted in the Spanish Colonial tradition, Works Progress Administration (WPA) furniture is among the most visible vestiges of the New Deal in New Mexico.

The floor plan of the Tesuque, New Mexico, residence designed by Jon Dick of Archaeo Architects resembles a computer circuit board with an interwoven network of circles, squares and triangles.

Asian aesthetics and decor have long been a part of Santa Fe’s history, and The Inn of the Five Graces pays homage to that tradition not only with its name but with an assortment of textiles, furniture and architectural features that have found their way into the New Mexico hotel from the far corners of the world.

It’s 5:30 a.m. on the first day of Santa Fe’s Indian Market, and as artists set up their booths, shadows cast by the headlights of parked trucks and cars are projected like silent movies onto the plaza. If your breath is visible in the crisp morning air, you’re on time for the largest Native American art show in the world.