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Solar Building

Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New MexicoModernist architecture in New MexicoNational Register of Historic Places in Albuquerque, New MexicoNew Mexico State Register of Cultural PropertiesOffice buildings completed in 1956
Office buildings in Albuquerque, New MexicoSolar design
Solar Building, Albuquerque NM
Solar Building, Albuquerque NM

The Solar Building, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was the world's first commercial building to be heated primarily by solar energy. It was built in 1956 to house the engineering firm of Bridgers & Paxton, who were responsible for the heating system design. The novel building received widespread attention, with articles in national publications like Life and Popular Mechanics, and was the subject of a National Science Foundation-funded research project in the 1970s. It was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1985 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, only 33 years after it was built.

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Solar Building
Truman Street Northeast, Albuquerque

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Solar Building

Truman Street Northeast 213
87108 Albuquerque
New Mexico, United States
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Solar Building, Albuquerque NM
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