THOREAU VETERAN’S CENTER
Client: Navajo Nation
Location: Thoreau, New Mexico
Size: 5,600 SF
The Thoreau Veterans Center is a 5,800-square-foot facility designed for the Thoreau Chapter of the Navajo Nation. The facility includes a Hogan multi-purpose gathering space, administrative offices, kitchen, support spaces, exterior spaces, and dedication plaques to Navajo veterans. The Chapters vision for the facility is to provide a space for veterans, Navajo and non-Navajo, to have a space to gather, host events and receive necessary services. The facility’s design includes an exterior dedication garden, stone veneer reflecting the natural stone mesa’s of the surrounding landscape, and floor patterns representing the sacred cardinal directions and Navajo rug patterns.
Key Staff
Dyron Murphy
Logan Piburn