Dennis Holloway, An Architect in Northern New Mexico

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October, 2001
Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Welcome to my Web Page. I hope you will take some time to browse through its entirety. As you can see, I have ventured into Virtual Reality (VR) in a serious way. In my Architecture practice I now design everything using 3D computer software; my imagination is unfettered by the old tools of pencil, t-square, and triangle. My youthful fears about the computer turning me into an automaton have been dispelled, and I feel liberated by this wonderful new technology of the new Millenium.

After in-depth work on the requirements of a project with my clients, I conceive the building in my mind, and with key strokes and mouse-clicks on the Macitosh, visualize the concept in Virtual Space. Then client and architect walk into the new Architecture together. I am always on the lookout for new clients, especially those who have unique and interesting requirements. I am finding that the computer is the best tool for creative new solutions. If, after looking through these pages and the section, You and Your Architect, you are interested in having me serve you as an architect, please contact me at the address below or via e-mail: archvr@cybermesa.com.

Since 1990, I have made it a hobby to collect archaeological data on the ancient places of the Native Americans, and to recreate them in VR. I am convinced that these ancient Native Places offer profound advice to us moderns living in the Americas. Just as the archaeological study of ancient Greek and Roman ruins signaled the European Renaissance in the Fifteen Century, I believe that an American Renaissance is in progress, due in part to our increasing understanding of the Native American architecture paradigm. How this new understanding will inform modern architecture is an exciting prospect, and I am sharing here what it has meant for me since 1987.

In this post-September 11th age, the use of fossil fuels for energy will come into ever-wider scrutiny. Architecture and the built environment account for about one third of our National energy budget. The implementation of energy conserving and passive solar energy techniques for the heating and cooling of our built environment is consistent with Native American ways and can reduce architectural dependence upon oil and natural gas. I have included many passive solar projects that span the period from 1973 to the present. Those of you who are interested in Solar Architecture will find the Information drawer a primer on the state-of-the-solar-art from the hey-days of the 1970's. I have included this information for an age when solar technology Knowledge has been forgotten or disregarded by "The System". The Information Page also has some great links, so please browse throught it.

The work you will see included in my pages, is currently being exhibited at the VITUAL REALITY ARCHITECTURE, International Biennial of Architecture, (November, 1999 - February, 2000), at the Bienal Internacional Sao Paolo, Brazil. This exhibition, is being coordinated by Emanuel Diman de Melo Pimenta and ASA Art and Technology, Lisbon and London, with support from the Fundacao Bienal Sao Paulo. It is expected that the exhition will be attended by more than 100,000 visitors. Mr. Holloway was invited to exhibit his work as one of fifteen international architects in the virtual reality architecture field. The Exhibit may be visited on the Internet at: http://www.asa-art.com/bienal.htm

I hope this work on these pages will be seen and enjoyed by the whole global village. It is a most exciting event in my life to realize and connect with what Teilhard de Chardin foresaw as the noosphere. I look forward to communicating with you in this new way. There is truly something new under the Sun!

Peace...Namaste!

Dennis R. Holloway
Architect

1139 Cascade Road SE
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA 87124
Phone: (505) 994-0718
E-mail: archvr@cybermesa.com

P.S.The Architecture we build in our lifetime is the lamp by which future generations will remember us.

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