Case Studies | Albuquerque Modernism

Figure 1. A. W. Dekker House, Albuquerque, NM, October 2015. Photograph by author.

A.W. Dekker House

Figure 1. Main entrance, Acoma Elementary School, Albuquerque, NM, November 2015. Photograph by author.

Acoma Elementary School

Figure 6. George Pearl, rendering of façade, Albuquerque Public Library, ca. 1972. Source: “Albuquerque Public Library: Bound sketch book preliminary sketches, diagrams and notes,” Box 6, Folder 8, George Pearl Papers (MSS 782 BC), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

Albuquerque Public Library

Figure 5. “Central Avenue and Fourth Street Mall,” 1970. Source: City of Albuquerque Planning Department, The Downtown Plan (Albuquerque: City of Albuquerque Planning Department, December 1970).

Downtown Urban Redevelopment

Figure 4. View of footbridge, Duck Pond, October 1974. Source: Oversize, Box 5, Dept. of Facility Planning architectural drawings.

Duck Pond

Figure 3. View of Encino Crescent, surrounding site, and Medical Arts Square upon hill, December 2015. Photograph by author.

Encino Crescent

Figure 1. First National Bank Building, exterior at sunset, 2015. Photograph by author.

First National Bank Building East

Figure 2. East elevation, Hoshour addition, First Unitarian Church, 2015. Photograph by author.

First Unitarian Church

Figure 1. Southern and western elevations, Fox Building, Albuquerque, NM, November 2015. Photographs by author.

Fox Building

Figure 1. Central Avenue façade, Galles Motor Company, October 2015. Photograph by author.

Galles Motor Company

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Humanities Building

Figure 1. Kelvinator House (also known as Raabe House), Albuquerque, NM, 1938. Source: Albuquerque Progress, February 1938. Photograph by Camera Shop of New Mexico.

Kelvinator House (also known as the Raabe House)

Figure 1. La Luz, Albuquerque, NM, November 2015. Photograph by author.

La Luz

Figure 2. Zome, location unknown, ca. 1968. Source: Dome Cookbook, 22.

Manera Nueva

Figure 6. View of façade from parking lot showing skylight, Medical Arts Square, November 2015. Photograph by author.

Medical Arts Square

Figure 1. Mossman-Gladden Homes, Altamont and Stardust Skies, December 2015. Photographs by author.

Mossman-Gladden Homes

Figure 4. Nob Hill Shopping Center, May 2010. Photograph by John Phelan. Source: Wikimedia Commons, accessed October 20, 2015, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nob_Hill_Shopping_Center,_Albuquerque_NM.jpg.

Nob Hill Business Center

Figure 3. Office Building, 2001 Carlisle Boulevard NE. Photograph by author.

Office Building

Figure 3. Burk, “Proposed Apartment House,” 6 June 1962. Source: Stack 19, Drawer 6, Burk Architectural Drawings and Plans.

Park Plaza Apartments (now Park Plaza Condominiums)

Figure 4. Princess Jeanne Park Homes in October 2015. Photograph by author.

Princess Jeanne Park

Figure 1. Exterior, Rio Grande Pool September 2015. Photograph by author.

Rio Grande Pool

Figure 2. View toward southeast, Simms Building, Albuquerque, NM, 1955. Photograph by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10).

Simms Building

Figure 5. Solar Building, ca. 1956. Source: “213 Truman, N.E.,” ca. 1956, accessed October 24, 2015, http://www.earthalert.org/B_P%20Solar%20Building%20Brochures.pdf.

Solar Building

Figure 1. Exterior, former Southern Union Gas Company Building, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 2015. Photograph by author.

Southern Union Gas Company Building

Figure 3. Travelstead Hall, stained glass wall, 1963. Source: Box 04, Dept. of Facility Planning Records.

Travelstead Hall

Figure 1. Aerial view of Winrock Center, 1961. Source: “It’s Fun to Shop at Winrock,” New Mexico Architecture 3 (May-June 1961). Photograph by Dick Kent.

Winrock Center