"What we're trying to do with H-Haus is look at construction times," Bohrer said. "We started with the idea of prefabrication and moved away from that. We wanted to stay away from mobile homes."

"We didn't want to see H-Haus rolling along I-25," Repecka added.

H-Haus homes are custom dwellings utilizing pre-manufactured pieces that can be assembled at the homesite, a process that reduces construction cost, waste and time.

"Some architects tell us we're not designing all the little things, the doorknobs and everything," Bohrer said. "That's true but we have no architectural fees. We've put a lot of sweat equity into the process. We've done all the legwork on the specifics and how the building goes together. The average starting cost is $180 per square foot and the relationship with a client begins with a $2,100 commitment fee. The only time we'll be on the clock is if the client wants to tweak anything like the size and the arrangement of spaces."

Bohrer earned his master's degree in architecture, including studies with Zaha Hadid, at Columbia University. After work in the New York office of I.M. Pei & Partners he founded Archaeo Architects in Santa Fe in 1996. The company designed Community Bank and a number of award-winning residential projects.

Repecka is a specialist in mechanical/HVAC engineering with projects in Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and Russia as well as in North America. His focus on systems that are economical and energy-efficient has since 2002 been trained on residential projects.