Corrugated metal

The walls are a combination of sheet metal and stucco. The metal started going up today. It is really beautiful - quite striking in the New Mexico light.

The 13 foot wall outside the front door

An alcove outside the living room on the patio

Windows

All of the windows arrived and are installed. They are beautiful, though it's bit difficult to see with all the stickers and protective plastic coatings.

These are the windows in the upstairs bedroom. The slider will go out to the deck.

Trombe Wall

The block walls - both exterior and interior - are going up rapidly.

This is the tall southern wall in the living room. The block actually looks quite a bit like granite; the mortar is a yellow/earth color that is one of the tones in the block. We're not quite certain about the mortar color - we'll live with it for a couple of weeks and see. 

This photo doesn't quite capture the color or smooth texture of the block.

Roof and stairs and other things.

There's been much progress in the last week that doesn't show in photos. Much of the roof is done, the concrete blocks for the trombe wall are waiting to be laid next week and there is a lovely staircase that I haven't been successful in photographing well.

Sunset

The color is more like a green Fiat than this photo