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What is Archinia? It's the bringing together of... landscape + sustainability + Universal Design + local traditions + craftsmanship + … then add in the esoteric sciences of Nia - music, yoga, martial arts, dance, and various healing traditions.

The work of Archinia produces a BETTER THAN GREEN result and the office functions with a comprehensive green office standard.

Rachel Preston Prinz is an architectural designer and historian who integrates past and present - using historic vernacular precedents combined with local materials and methods to create unique place-appropriate spaces that are easy to maintain, affordable to construct, and designed with a eye towards “coming home.” Rachel graduated from Texas A&M University in 1998 with a professional Masters in Architecture (with emphases in Architectural Design & Architecture History) and a Certificate in Historic Preservation. Her pre-professional degree was a Bachelors of Environmental Design, completed in 1995, with minors in business and psychology. She has studied and worked in the cathedrals and villas of Europe and worked alongside American architects specializing in religious, historic preservation, and ultra-high-end custom residential design. Her work has included forensic architecture, archaeological architecture, the preservation and adaptive reuse of historic structures, re/design for handicapped accessibility, as well as the design of bio-climatic residences and commercial structures for non-profits. As a Certified Architectural Historian, Rachel has documented structures for National and State registers, worked for the Historic American Building Survey, National Park Service, States of Virginia, New Mexico, Wyoming, & Colorado, as well as Town of Taos, BLM, and others. As a professional freelance travel writer, Rachel has written extensively for tourism organizations as well as magazines, newspapers, and online guides, focusing on the intersections between architecture, archeology, and ways of experiencing the Genius Loci, or “Spirit of Place.”