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New Native American Village Based on Sustainable Traditions

The Ohkay Owingeh Tribe and Pueblo in New Mexico has returned to its roots with an award-winning, mixed-income housing project based on traditional Native forms. Built by the Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority explicitly as an alternative to sprawl-type housing, Tsigo Bugeh Village is a $5.3 million residential community that reflects traditional pueblo design and living with attached units divided around two plazas, one oriented to the solstice and the other to the equinox.

Read the full article:
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/a_new_native_american_village.html

News, New Mexico –  Feb. 21, 2012

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