Dennis Holloway, An Architect in Northern New Mexico

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In 1973, during the first Arab Oil Embargo, I began to investigate alternative energy supports for architecture--ways to heat and cool buildings that did not rely on fossil fuels. Solar energy utilization was the most obvious solution, and was not new--having been in use around the world for more than thirty centuries. I found that bringing solar energy knowledge into a design process brought a new vitality and contemporary relevance to my architecture. Since then, passive solar architecture has been one of my passions. I believe that designing architecture that minimizes its dependence on fossil fuel is the most responsive contribution an architect can make to the global environmental crisis--including the carbon dioxide-driven "greenhouse effect". My own work and research convinced me that for most of the world, the external energy requirements for space conditioning of buildings can be drastically reduced by the use of passive solar technology. Please also see my recommendations for a simple passive solar design methodolgy in the Information Section.

Champion Residence | Minnesota Solar Pavilion for the Arts | Pate-Byrd Residence

Estevan Residence | Neelley Residence | Loffredo Residence
(See more VR picures and a QTVR pano on list below)

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The Projects:

NEW PROJECTS 2002

Passive Solar Residence for
Katheryn Pate & Andy Byrd,
On the Edge of Rio Grande Gorge,Taos, New Mexico, 1997
Passive Solar Residence for
Matt and Ellen Champion,
Nederland, Colorado, 1978
Project Ouroboros,
Experimental Solar House Prototype, Univeristy of Minnesota,
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture,1973-1976
Passive Solar Residence for Chuck and Carol Neelley,
(Pumice-crete) Taos, New Mexico, 1993
Bicentennial Solar Pavilion for the Arts
(Project), Minnesota State Fair,
Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1976
Passive Solar Residence for Gerald and Betsy Loffredo,
Lyons, Colorado, 1979
Passive Solar Residence for David and Patti Stricklin,
Boulder, Colorado, 1980
Passive Solar Residence for Andy Ungar,
Winter Park, Colorado, 1981
Passive Solar Residence for Daniel Thurmer,
(Project) Arroyo Seco, New Mexico, 1993

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