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Residential Architecture, Santa Fe
Commercial Architecture, Santa Fe
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“But self denial is imposed upon the architect to a greater extent than upon any member of the fine art family. The temptation to sweeten work, to make each detail in itself lovable and expressive is great; but that the whole may be truly eloquent of its ultimate function, restraint is imperative. To let individual elements shine at the expense of final repose is a betrayal of trust, for buildings are the background or framework for the human life within their walls and a foil for the nature without. Architecture is the most complete of conventionalizations and, except music, of all the arts the most subjective.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright, 1908
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“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.”
–Abraham Lincoln
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For twenty years, the Allegretti firm of Santa Fe Architects has created distinctive residential and commercial architecture in Northern New Mexico.