DNCA • Devendra Narayan Contractor Architects

03/17/2026

We are looking forward to this presentation on the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Come join us!

The architects for the new Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will share an update on its design and construction. The presentation will...

07/02/2024

DNCA and StudioGP are so honored and delighted that the Vladem Contemporary received this award!

2023 AIA New Mexico – Distinguished Architecture Honor Award
2023 AIA Santa Fe – Merit Award
2023 AIA Albuquerque – Citation Award
2024 AGC New Mexico – Best Building $10-$20 Million / Public Private Partnerships
2024 AGC New Mexico – Grand Prize of Show

03/06/2024

Nice story in Business First on Devendra and the work we do at DNCA.

"You have to understand architecture is a vessel that we occupy. It impacts people's lives," Contractor told Albuquerque Business First.

01/10/2024

Thank you to everyone that showed up in support of the project and the design! Despite staff opposition, the project was unanimously approved by the board!

The board postponed action on a controversial $194 million state government project that would require demolitions of historic homes and significantly change a downtown neighborhood near the Capitol.

01/07/2024

We would like to share a few images of our design for the new Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. The building is designed to be an identifiable harmonious addition to the fabric of downtown Santa Fe. It will be a building that pays homage to the life, aesthetics, and sensibilities of one of the great artists of our time. Miss O’Keefe made New Mexico her home and through her work we have a heightened appreciation of form, color, sky, landscape, place, and presence.

This building is also about authenticity and the relationship of material tectonics to style. The exterior structure of this building will be built primarily using adobe mud bricks. Miss O’Keeffe would have settled for nothing less. This building is a reflection of our love for vernacular adobe architecture, and for the culture and landscape of New Mexico, and for Santa Fe that is our home.

On Tuesday, January 9th, at 5:30pm Santa Fe Historic Districts Review Board (HDRB) will be reviewing the design for this project in the City Council Chambers. Please come!

The conversation around the nature of what is considered to be style, the nature of authenticity, and the sense of place is important, and we would love to hear your thoughts.

If nothing else please come to support our efforts to build a cultural landmark in adobe - the humblest and most carbon neutral of all materials - that people globally associate with Santa Fe, but has now stylistically been replaced by hollow framing, fake vigas, and a veneer of brown stucco skin.

10/13/2023

Great story on the new Vladem Contemporary in Hyperallergic by Amy Ellingson.

The New Mexico Museum of Art’s new extension, Vladem Contemporary, pays homage to Santa Fe’s past and present.

09/29/2023

: DNCA • Devendra Narayan Contractor Architects

DNCA is a small architectural practice committed to design excellence and the quality of the built environment. They provide a highly personalized level of service, and their methodology is defined by rigorous problem-solving that is synonymous with innovative clarity and practical expediency. DNCA has a track record of completing high-quality work for satisfied clients, including the design of the newest satellite location of the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Vladem Contemporary.

Thank you to DNCA Architects for your Corporate Partnership support. To view a full listing of the Foundation’s business supporters click here: https://bit.ly/3qeCXUP

09/16/2023

DNCA and Studio GP’s new building for the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Vladem Contemporary, is getting lots of great press! Hope to see everyone at the opening!! Sept 23.

The New Mexico Museum of Art is slated to debut a new building, Vladem Contemporary, on Sept. 23.

09/07/2023

Good to get some press!
We started on this project in 2017. Lots of hard work and perseverance by the entire team.
Public opening on September 23.

New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary by DNCA Architects and StudioGP opens soon in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

06/30/2023

Nice article on Devendra and the DNCA practice in the St John’s news letter. St John’s is an important part of our community.

Contractor's firm, DNCA, designed new buildings for both cultural institutions drawing not just from the city's historic architecture but from poetry, philosophy, and metaphysics.