Dennis Hollingsworth

Gil Sanchez's 1905 adobe

When I was a boy architect, I apprenticed with Gil Sanchez, my mentor. He sent me pics of a job he is doing in Mexico, I asked him for some details:

It's a 1905 adobe. Project is about a half a city block in size. Used to be a grain storage place, they also use to keep bulls, cattle, ...things like that. We are converting some of the rooms into hotels guest rooms, adding new ones, developing a commercial Kitchen for parties, toilets for the big parties, the town is known for it's fiestas. Large patio. It will also have a guest Kitchen, the traditional type. As you can see, it's all hand work! It is a very interesting project as it is in one of the southern states of Mexico, one of the poorest. So they do things differently than they do in northern Mexico and of course in the USA. I go once a month for a week. The owners have a home across the street from the project. The owners are two good looken sisters, not married! 8-)