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State and Santa Fe board press for more design work on Executive Office Building ahead of Feb. 6 deadline
Summary
The Historic District Review Board and state architects discussed the proposed Executive Office Building near the State Capitol, trading concerns about massing, tower height and fenestration. The board asked the state for revised renderings and agreed to reconvene before the Feb. 6 statutory deadline.
Santa Fe — The Historic District Review Board spent the bulk of its meeting pressing the state’s design team for clearer drawings and more detail on a proposed Executive Office Building at 130 South Capitol, and directed staff and the state to continue negotiating before the city’s 60‑day review period ends Feb. 6.
The hearing centered on massing, the building’s tower and how large areas of glazing and window details would meet the Historic District code. John Benvenu, who read a subcommittee’s set of 11 discussion points to the board, said the committee intended the list as “talking points” rather than final recommendations and emphasized questions about stepbacks on upper floors, whether the north and east elevations met the 40% fenestration limit,…
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