Mark Chalom - Architect

Mark Chalom, architect, specializes in blending handcrafted Traditional and Contemporary styles with sustainable technologies. Mark’s experience spans both design and construction of environmentally appropriate buildings. Since 1975, Mark has taken his architecture beyond Passive Solar and looks at the total structure, site, materials, systems, water, landscaping and their interaction with each other and the environment. His sensitivity to the historic cultures has blended these new technologies with the traditional forms and materials that have evolved in Northern New Mexico out of common sense and appropriateness. Mark is known for his expertise in the development of the “Solar Adobe” based on the past but adaptive and relevant to the future.

Marks work has been published in various National and International Magazines and books. Two Thousand and nine, Mark received the “Green Home of the Year Award from Build Green New Mexico and Su Casa Magazine.
In 2012 Mark was awarded the Equinox Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bridgers family in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Bridgers and Paxton Solar Building, Albuquerque New Mexico.
In 2010 Mark was awarded this year the Prestigious Passive Solar Pioneer Award from the American Solar Energy Society.