“This integral arrangement — minimalist home of rammed earth walls, plus native grasses — works perfectly as a unit.” reads the introduction to the writeup on the Roger and Mary Downey Garden for the Corrales Garden Tour we went on last weekend. The house sits in the center of the property surrounded by native grasses. Since this is only late spring, the grasses are just starting to grow. The grasses are best seen in the fall when they have reached their full heights and display their varied colors — colors that are reflected in the rammed earth construction of the house.
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Beautiful images!
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Nice design on that house. Great photos! I like the native grass plantings. Hope you can post some photos of what they look like this fall when they are at full height and autumn color.
Thanks, Lavinia. I’ll drop by in the fall and at photograph the grasses.
Beautiful Place, lovely pics ❤
Like these pictures a lot. Never seen floor level windows like those before, but imo they work very well and give the corridors a really distinctive appearance too. Did the booklet happen to say anything about how the rammed earth walls were made? They also give a very distinctive look to the house.
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Since it was a garden tour, they just mentioned the rammed earth walls in passing. Look up rammed earth construction and you will find a lot of info on how it’s done.
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Very interesting house–but it doesn’t have a lot of “warmth.”
It’s pretty sparse, with a lot of hard surfaces.
OMG!, OMG! When can we move in?
Thanks! OMG indeed. However, it’s a little stark for me;)
ACCESSORIZE!!
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