No. 26 | Urban Sense: Diffusing the Power of the Status Quo
In the September edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 25 | Urban Sense: The Tectonics of Change
In the July edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 24 | Urban sense: Excavating the Future
In the February edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I reflect
No. 23 | Urban sense: How Can We Build a Better City?
In the November edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 22 | Urban sense: The consequences of preservation
In the September edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 21 | Urban sense: The Santa Fe River Corridor Master Plan
In the August edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 20 | Urban sense: Designing a coherent future for Santa Fe
In the July edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 19 | Urban sense: Evolving with continuity in mind
In the May edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
Presentation—John Gaw Meem in New Mexico: His Architectural Legacy
I was honored to be part of the New Mexico History Conference, the signature
No. 18 | Density and Old Santa Fe Style, Having a past but no future.
In the March edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 17 | Planning takes courage
In the December edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
Home Building: The Railyard and Midtown
In the December 2022 edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I
No. 16 | Future-Casting
In the October edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 15 | Shifting Spirit
In the August edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 14 | Keeping the urban form real and available to all
In the May edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 13 | The City Livable?
In the January edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 12 | Why Santa Fe?
In the September edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
No. 11 | Preservation versus style
In the August edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I talk
No. 10 | A happy city
In the July edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I talk
No. 9 | Still creating our city
In the June edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I talk
No. 8 | Speed Kills
In the May edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I talk
No. 7 | Choose adobe
In the March edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I talk
No. 6 | Where will the housing go?
In the February edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I talk
No. 5 | Urban Sense: Stability in context, setting
In the January edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I talk
No. 4 | Urban Sense: A New Old Santa Fe Style
In the December edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I talk
No. 3 | Urban Sense: About those windows…
In the October edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I talk
No. 2 | Urban Sense: Let’s reorient to compact living
In the September edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Home Magazine, I discuss
Urban Sense—My New Monthly Column for The Santa Fe New Mexican
With excitement, I introduce to you my new monthly column for The Santa Fe
ReVisioning Planning in Santa Fe
This June I had the honor to host a virtual panel discussion with my
Immerse yourself in Santa Fe’s History & Future with ARCHITECTURE Santa Fe: A Guidebook
ARCHITECTURE Santa Fe: A Guidebook It’s hard to walk through Santa Fe without being
City Dreamers
Join me for a screening and discussion of ‘City Dreamers’ Like all female
Pecha Kucha Night
PechaKucha 20×20 Santa Fe | My R/UDAT Presentation Hello dear friends, I had
Miracle of the Loretto Staircase — How Would it be Built Today?
Photo credit: Louis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican Gayla was invited to co-lead a staircase
Introducing The Rabbit Bend Cabin
I like to think that all creatives have a handful of projects that we
The Power of Coming Together: Reflections on R/UDAT
In my last post, I touched briefly on the R/UDAT program, an initiative that
Santa Fe Railyard Featured in 20|20 Visions Book
Santa Fe Railyard Featured in 20|20 Visions Book It is always such a delight
Celebrating 10 Years of the Santa Fe Railyard
Celebrating 10 Years of the Santa Fe Railyard They say time goes by in
AIA Stim Presentation by Gayla Bechtol, Urban Design Adventures in Santa Fe
Gayla expanded on her Urban Design Adventures in Santa Fe in a recent STIM
2 Awards to Gayla Bechtol Architect for Historic Santa Fe Renovation and Addition
Santa Fe architect Gayla Bechtol’s highly successful renovation and addition to a historic Acequia
20th anniversary of the AIA Santa Fe-sponsored R/UDAT at the Santa Fe Railyard
“Recast: Architecture is Transformative”, Biennial Convention of the New Mexico Chapter of the American
Philippe Register’s “Regional Modernism”
Honored to have been invited to comment on architect Philippe Register’s vision and work
Three communities transformed by architects and civic leaders
I was recently mentioned in an article on blueprintforbetter.org. Read below for an excerpt of
TAOS Walking Map of Historical Architectural Styles
Taos contains a number of national and state landmarks testimonial to the rich and
Evolution of the Sante Fe Railyard – the New Plaza
Click here to read the article. Kudos to Conrad Skinner for a job well
City of Santa Fe – Buildings Historic Status
Contributing or Not? Adventures in the Santa Fe Historic Districts An owner of a