This is a journal of architecture, land, and resilience — a notebook from the road as I move between Syria and New Mexico. Each entry explores how people build with earth, adapt to scarcity, and shape their environments across time. You’ll find fragments: scenes from fieldwork, rural stories, sketches, and reflections that don’t always fit in formal writing
How Preservation Happens (and Doesn’t) in New Mexico
A conversation with Steven Moffson on the gaps between recognition and protection in New Mexico’s historic landscape.
Holding the Walls of Mesilla, New Mexico: A Conversation with Pat Taylor (Part I)
On Adobe, Belonging, and the Quiet Fight for a Living Town
Holding the Walls of Mesilla: A Conversation with Pat Taylor (Part II)
On Railroads, Zoning, and What Adobe Can Still Teach Us
Bernalillo, Beneath the Surface: A conversation with Francisco Uviña
Talking Earth, Youth, and Memory
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