Inn and Spa at Loretto

by Bob and Nancy Kendrick

Title

Inn and Spa at Loretto

Artist

Bob and Nancy Kendrick

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Photograph - Photograph

Description

An example of US Southwest pueblo architecture. This is an image of the Inn & Spa at Loretto in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one of the prime examples of this architecture in Santa Fe.
FURTHER INFO on the style: A fixture in the Santa Fe community, the Inn and Spa at Loretto opened in 1975. Built on the site of the Sister's of Loretto girls' school, the Inn shares its grounds with the famed Loretto Chapel. Few buildings in Santa Fe have a more distinct or oft-photographed exterior than this multi-story hotel that's built to resemble one of the region's historic pueblos, with its dramatic stepped exterior and many rooms with large balconies looking toward the historic Plaza, a couple of blocks away, and the skyscraping Sangre de Cristo mountains to the east.
From Wikipedia: The Pueblo Revival style is a regional architectural style of the Southwestern United States which draws its inspiration from the Pueblos and the Spanish missions in New Mexico. The style developed at the turn of the 20th century and reached its greatest popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, though it is still commonly used for new buildings. Pueblo style architecture is most prevalent in the state of New Mexico. Pueblo style architecture seeks to imitate the appearance of traditional adobe construction, though more modern materials such as brick or concrete are often substituted. If adobe is not used, rounded corners, irregular parapets, and thick, battered walls are used to simulate it. Walls are usually stuccoed and painted in earth tones. Multistory buildings usually employ stepped massing similar to that seen at Taos Pueblo. Roofs are always flat. A common feature is the use of projecting wooden roof beams (vigas), which often serve no structural purpose. One of the strongholds of Pueblo style architecture is Santa Fe, where it was popularized in the 1920s and 1930s by a group of artists and architects seeking to establish a unique regional identity. In 1957 a committee led by John Gaw Meem drafted the Historical Zoning Ordinance, which mandated the use of the Pueblo style or Territorial Revival style on all new buildings in central Santa Fe. This ordinance remains in effect, meaning the Pueblo style continues to predominate.

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