Welcome to the website
of Archetype Design
and designer Vishu Magee.

Since 1973 Vishu has been designing homes which integrate contemporary function and greenbuilding systems into classic adobe forms. The styles range widely - from rustic and natural to clean and ultra-contemporary.
Non-toxic and native materials are always preferred, with most homes built in adobe, rastra, or pumice-crete. Above all, every house is one-of-a-kind and results from blending client preferences with site conditions and the designer's creativity.

This website offers some helpful resources:

The Online Portfolio, presenting Vishu's past work.

Greenbuilding, a comprehensive survey of sustainable building systems and techniques.

The Construction Costs Handbook, presenting current building costs for Taos.

The Residential Design Questionnaire and FAQ's to help you through the first steps of planning and design.

Archetype Design, the 1999 book which presents the ideas underlying Vishu's designs.

Style With Substance, the column which appears in Su Casa Magazine, together with columns from the Taos News, Enchanted Homes magazine and the Taos Green Guide from Sustain Taos.

I hope you'll find these images and resources useful and will consider Archetype Design for your upcoming project!

Vishu Magee
Archetype Design, Inc.
591 Piedmont Rd. Taos, NM 87571
575-758-9702 vishu@archetype-design.com

Classic
beauty . . .
contemporary function . . .
cutting edge
solar . . .
and attention
to the sacred.

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