The Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (SMNHC) is an 11,500 SF environmental education center housing classrooms, administration offices and museum space that serves all Albuquerque Public School 5th graders and others from the Albuquerque area and throughout New Mexico. The most unique aspect is that the building is designed to be 100% off-grid utilizing PV […]
Sustainable Design
Programming buildings with an eye toward the future is an important part of our design team’s job. NCA Architects strives to use the newest products and methodology to provide ecologically friendly, yet economical and low maintenance designs.
Our goal is to provide our clients with projects that will hold up to the demands of their use while being easy to maintain and economical to operate. The harsh desert climate coupled with New Mexico's economic environment, increases the importance of having spaces that will last over time.
NCA Architects is committed to sustainable design practices.
Valley High School
NCA designed two new facilities for Valley High School, and one interior renovation of an existing building. The Engineering Construction Manufacturing CADD Building is a single-story facility of approximately 20,850 sf. The goals for the ECMC building were to create a safe facility for the instruction of wood and metal fabrications and the instruction of […]
Santa Fe County First Judicial Courthouse Steve Herrera Complex
NCA Architects provided needs assessment, programming, and full design services for the First Judicial District Court. The Steve Herrera Complex provides spatial provisions for three counties’ judicial function; Santa Fe County, Rio Arriba County, and Los Alamos County. These courts have the task of processing and hearing civil, criminal, and family cases for adults and […]
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Located on the University of New Mexico campus, this 33,000 sf, three-level (plus basement) appellate court was designed and constructed to increase NM Court of Appeals’ functional space. NCA collaborated with multiple state agencies to program each agency’s specific needs. A safe and secure facility for judges that offers welcoming space to the public was […]
Allied Health Facility – New Mexico State University, Carlsbad Campus
The Allied Health Building is a single story, 18,000 sf expansion to the NMSU-Carlsbad campus. It houses the nursing program which was previously housed in several areas in the main building. Teaching spaces include a hospital-type nursing lab with simulation stations, lecture rooms, a resource room, a critical care classroom, an OB class room, a […]
Central New Mexico Community College – Culinary Arts Facility
The 25,000 sf Culinary Arts Facility is a new two story building on the Central New Mexico Community College’s (CNM) main campus. It houses culinary labs, classrooms, and administration offices. Connected to the culinary arts facility, is a 10,000 sf single story space that was renovated for use as the new bookstore. The existing 18,000 […]
CNM Ted Martinez Building
The Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) ‘A’ Building was a 36,000 sf 2-story renovation to one of the older buildings on CNM’s Main Campus. The renovations required extensive improvements to the building envelope, windows, roof, and code compliance upgrades. The new facility has improved interior circulation and a more efficient office layout. Collaborative work […]
McKinley Middle School
The APS McKinley Middle School Classroom / Administrative Building is a two story 18,000 SF facility housing classrooms, administrative offices, and a parent room. The primary goal, other than providing much needed educational space, was to design the facility to maximize energy efficiency. An intensive study was performed to select the proper building envelope that […]
Inez Elementary School
This LEED Silver certified project is approximately 7,580 sf and consists of a new kitchen, a new cafeteria serving 120 students, and a new art/music classroom. The art/music classroom is capable of opening out to the cafeteria for evening and winter performances, and to an exterior stage for warm weather performances. The previous cafeteria and […]
