Originally built in 1957 and located in the University Heights neighborhood, the building was a vacant mid-century office building in need of an extreme makeover. The Design Group (DG) chose this building for its strong mixed use neighborhood location, potential for a meaningful sustainable design, adjacent alternate transportation options, energy efficiency and day lighting potentials and flexible space. Initially planned …
Rio Rancho City Hall
A cornerstone to the newly developed City Center for the City of Rio Rancho, the Rio Rancho City Hall consolidates several existing facilities into a single new 68,000 square feet state of the art city complex. The facility shares parking, site amenities + infrastructure with the adjacent sports arena + retail/office developments. Completed in 2008, and despite a volatile construction …
BelVedere
BelVedere is a 54 home, urban courtyard housing project located on an entire city block in the historic Huning Highlands, railroad era neighborhood. BelVedere was designed around the concept of urban courtyard living. Courtyard housing is a building type with a rich history in Mediterranean and California lifestyle communities. It enjoys a similar pedigree in New Mexico from the ancient …
APS Desert Willow Family School
APS Desert Willow Family School Phase One: Working closely with Principal Gael Keyes and the school’s building committee, the Hartman + Majewski Design Group planned and designed Desert Willow Family School based on the school’s philosophy of inspiring a “community of learners,” an established and successful learning program. Students attend a public school program that combines a half-day or 80% …
UNM Mitchell Hall
On the University of New Mexico’s Albuquerque campus, Mitchell Hall is an outstanding example of an existing building revitalized by renovation. A heavily used building, it was transformed from an institutional, rigidly programmed facility with little natural light, and poor ventilation to an emblem of the future for UNM. Mitchell Hall, built in 1950 and designed by John Gaw Meem, …
Wherry Elementary School
This project started as a simple classroom addition, but was modified to include a music and art room after an assessment of the campus by the owner and design team. Specific attention had to be paid to acoustics, as the school has close proximity to the Albuquerque Sunport International Airport and Kirtland Air Force base. DG provided master planning, programming, …
Los Lunas Substance Abuse Center
The Los Lunas Substance Abuse Center (LLSAC) is intended to develop and provide state-of-the-art treatment programs for clients and training for the operators of substance abuse facilities and programs throughout the state. The initial phase of the LLSAC consists of the 31,500 square foot Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment &Training Center (IOPT). Future phases are slated to include a Women’s …
Amy Biehl High School
Amy Biehl High School was an adaptive reuse of an historic 1908 downtown Albuquerque federal building and Post Office, made possible through a unique agreement between the school and the U.S. General Services Administration. Wall partitions added in the 1970’s were removed to restore public lobbies, the octagon shaped courtroom, and the post office workroom. Transforming the 50,000 square foot …