Spears Horn Architects was established in 1981 as a design firm focusing on educational facilities, commercial / institutional facilities, Indian tribal design, residential design, urban design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation. We continue to develop these areas of expertise and to blend them in many projects, creating a body of work architecturally rich and sensitive to its environment. The firm, run by principals Beverley Spears, FAIA and James Horn, AIA, is a corporation consisting of five professionals including three architects, one of whom is also a landscape architect, two highly skilled and experienced architectural graduates, and an office manager.
At Spears Horn Architects, we strive not only to craft meaningful places, but also connections to the larger context of the world in which we live. As we seek to relate a building to its surroundings through daylighting and connections to outdoor spaces, we also endeavor to bring people closer to the natural environment through the creation of sustainable buildings and places that respect that environment. Integral to this goal is the creation of places that are healthy for their occupants. We seek a holistic approach to green building, looking at all aspects of the project, from water catchment and re-use in our arid climate, to energy conservation, to our choice of sustainable materials such as adobe, strawbale, and Rastra (a composite structural block material made of recycled styrofoam and concrete).