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‘simple and light’ and a winnerBy Paul WeidemanThe New Mexican

The house that wonthe GrandHaciendaAward in this year’sHaciendas—AParade

of Homes isn’t the usual large,expensive place boasting fabu-lous views of multiple distantmountain ranges. Instead, it’sa 3,000-square-foot $538,000abode nestled in on a CordovaRoad site that’s almost invisiblefrom the busy thoroughfare.“This is as infill as it gets,” saidJesse Gries, principal of GreenStar Builders, which built thehouse for his family. “There wasa dilapidated half of a basketballcourt here and a gazebowith alittle redwood deck; we used theredwood for base plates for all ofour walls.”Gries has been in Santa Fe for

15 years with his wife, Karla Hel-land, a 20-year resident. Theyincluded some “Santa Fe style”elements: 200-year-old sabinobeams and a simple housedesignwith soft, rounded cor-ners. But after that, it’s all clean,contemporary design featuringcabinetry by his father, Daniel,andmetalwork by Gries himself:terrific railings and stairs, anentrance shade structure, canalepipes and cistern covers, andlarge, sculptural frame elementsin the rear patio.There’s also a healthy hydro-

ponic greenwall at the top of thestairway to the lower level. “It’sgrowing very well,” he said. “It’sa hobby but it also puts out a lotof oxygen into the house.”The downstairs, basically

basement, rooms are brightenedby light wells with ivy growingon the outside surface.“In all the design details, Karla

and I were really just satisfyingourselves, our specific tastes,”Gries said.The challenge for HVL

Interiors, which the ownersbrought in to stage their housefor the Parade of Homes, wasto “make it shine,” as SteffanyHollingsworth put it. HeatherVan Luchene added, “It’s not toupstage the house but really toput just enough furnishings intomake it readwell.Wewantedto connect with the handcraftedquality of Jesse’s steelwork andthe cabinets by his father, so therugs and some of the chairs arehandmade.”“Also, to let people imagine

what theymight be able dowitha house like that, and to dream:Oh, I would love to live in thiskind of context, this kind oflifestyle,” Hollingsworth said.“Because the house is so simpleand light, we didn’t want to dothings that detracted from that.The furnishings and the art andthe rugs that we selected allreally blend so nicely with thekind of organic elements and thevery soft greiges and tones thatwe used.”The Paradewas a success for

the builder. “I think we had 700people on the first day,” Griessaid. “It seems like we had agood response; I have ameetingthis weekwith someonewhomay be interested in a project.”It was his first Haciendas

experience. For Christopher

Wheeler,Wheeler Construction&Design, 2012 was his thirdParade. “I think the foot trafficwas excellent. Last year, wewereright in town and so it was veryeasy to get to, but I think we hadat least that many,”Wheeler said.As in the Green Star entry,

Wheeler and his wife, Yuki, whowas the designer of their Paradeentry on Calle San Acacia (offTano Road), did the house forthemselves.“The two things that come to

mind about that are the homeoffices, which are separate fromthe home, and that has to dowith having the kids at home,so it gives us a little separation,”Wheeler said.” And also the jack-and-jill bathrooms in the kids’bedroom area. If that was for aclient, most likely those wouldhave been bedroomswith theirown private baths.”The contemporary house is

about a thousand square feetsmaller than the house he builtfor the family in 2006. That wasintentional.“It worksmuch better for

us,” he said. “Small is the newbetter. The floor plan is morecompact and the bedrooms arecloser together, whichmakes foramore pleasant family life andprobably will be better for heat-ing in the winter.”TheWheeler homewon the

GrandHacienda Runner-Up. “Iheard that the judges were split5-4, whichmakes us feel good.I was very excited to see GreenStar win. Our sort-of argumentfor years was how can you givethe GrandHacienda to anythingthat’s not themost expensive,biggest house in the Parade, andthis year they didn’t just thinkoutside the box, they shatteredthe box.”Speaking of awards, Palo

Santo Designs won awhoppingeight prizes for its two houses onthe tour. Among themwere theGrandGreen awards in both cat-egories: for homes under 2,000square feet and for homes over2,000 square feet.The former, located on

Cresta Pequeña near Cañon-cito, is a fairly modest home— 1,213 square feet and valuedat $350,000—but with solid,earthy features including Ameri-can clay wall finishes and anunfinished adobe interior wallboth for separation and thermalmass. The LEED Platinum home,on Southern Crescent west ofLamy, is 2,700 heated square feetand priced at $1 million. CrestaPequeña has high-performanceframe construction, and 2 South-ern Crescent is a combination ofpumice-crete and high-perfor-mance frame.“The house on Southern Cres-

cent is architecturally unique,designed by Justin Larson [of thefirmVFLA] out of Fort Collins,”said Palo Santo Designs’ MarkGirogetti. “It’s a state-of-the-artgreen home, near zero-energy,whichmeans it’s 84 percentmore efficient than a code-builthome.”Palo Santo also won a special

award for best bathroom. “Thatwas I think in part because ofsome unique choices by theowner, whowent for a vintage,art-deco lookwith subway tile

and plumbing fixtures, and afreestanding clawfoot tub thathas a window level with the topfor great views.”The two Parade entries by

Prull CustomBuilders took all

five awards in the top price cat-egory. One, on Aspen View inMonte Sereno, is traditional andstately with tall stone columnsupports outside and a tradi-tional, open plan all on one level.

The other Prull house, onLodge Trail behind Bishop’sLodge, is a neat combination ofangles and curves.Will Prullworkedwith architect CraigHoopes and interior designer

Lisa Samuels on both projects.The Lodge Trail house is

accessed through awonderfullylandscaped courtyard. “We hada lot of comments on the wall-plastering job, the cabinets andon the fit of the brushed-marblefloor tile, which is set in a four-piece Leon pattern,” Prull said.“All three fireplaces are notewor-thy; they’re Ortal brand, made inIsrael.”He said the houses sawmore

than 200 visitors on the busierdays.“The important thing forme

is that the people who camethis year, besides the locals andpeople shopping for ideas, areplanning to build soon, wherelast year theywere just sayingtheywanted to build someday.There are real jobs coming outof the Parade of Homes.”Kim Shanahan, executive

director of the sponsoring SantaFe Area Home Builders Associa-tion, said the organization soldmore tickets than in 2011. Thehome-tourists this time sawan unprecedented variety. Justtwo or three years ago, a largepercentage of the Parade houseswere in the Las Campanas areas.This year, there were just two.“Also, the fact that we don’t

have spec homes these daysmeans people aren’t having to gosafe in order to appeal tomanypotential buyers,” Shanahan said.“It’s more amatter of the ownersdoingwhat theywant.“I was encouraged that we had

four entrants who I’m calling thenext generation that needs to berunning this association in thefuture.”Hewas talking about Jesse

Gries, Mark Giorgetti, ChrisWheeler and Shane and RobWoods ofWoods Design Build-ers. “They really representpeople in their 30s and early 40s,and for them, green building isnot amatter of getting over alearning curve; it’s automatic.That’s just what they do.”

HACIENDAS — A PARADE Of HOMES

The kitchen of the Green Star Builders house, winner of the Grand Hacienda Award. PHOTOS BY PAul WEIdEMAN/THE NEW MEXICAN

Green star Builders wins withclean, contemporary design

Grand Hacienda: Green Star Builders Inc.Grand Hacienda Runner-Up:Wheeler Construc-tion + design, Inc.

Category 1Best design: Green Star Builders Inc.Best Kitchen: Green Star Builders Inc.Best Outdoor Space: Homewise, Inc.Best Craftsmanship: Green Star Builders Inc.Best Master Suite: Borrego Construction

Category 2Best design: Wheeler Construction + design, Inc.Best Kitchen: Palo Santo designs, llC at 2 South-ern CrescentBest Outdoor Space: Woods design Builders, Inc.Best Craftsmanship: Palo Santo designs, llC at 2Southern CrescentBest Master Suite: Wheeler Construction + design,Inc.

Category 3Best design: Prull Custom Builders at 56 lodgeTrailBest Kitchen: Prull Custom Builders at 2964 AspenViewBest Outdoor Space: Prull Custom Builders at 56lodge TrailBest Craftsmanship: Prull Custom Builders at 2964Aspen View

Best Master Suite: Prull Custom Builders at 56lodge Trail

Green Awards, under 2,000 square feetGrand Green: Palo Santo designs, llC, 24 CrestaPequeñaEnergy Efficiency: Palo Santo designs, llC, 24Cresta PequenaSite & Resource Efficiency: Palo Santo designs,llC, 24 Cresta Pequeña

Green Awards, over 2,000 square feetGrand Green: Palo Santo designs, llC, 2 SouthernCrescentEnergy Efficiency: Sundancer Creations, llCWater Efficiency: Green Star Builders Inc.Resource Efficiency: Green Star Builders Inc.Indoor Air Quality: Green Star Builders Inc.Site Efficiency: Palo Santo designs, llC, 2 SouthernCrescent

Special AwardsMost Efficient use of Overall Space: d Maahs Con-struction, llCBest Bathroom: Palo Santo designs, llC, at 24Cresta PequenaOutstanding Historic Restoration: Fabu-WAll-ousSolutions, llCExceptional Remodel: Woods design Builders, Inc.

Hacienda — A Parade of Homes winners

Wheeler Construction + Design won the runner-up prize for this house.