Outlines the origins and development of adobe houses in the Southwest and their role in the work of three artists, and examines architectural details and furnishings from walls and ceilings to tiles and hinges.
Provides instructions on remodeling adobe houses plus how to build an adobe fireplace. Spanish Colonial artistry and 20th century functionalism combine in designs for the traditional adobe house.
"The use of earth as a building material is as old as civilization. For the twentieth-century American, the process is most familiar in the sun-dried brick called adobe and the...
This book explores the depths of adobe and enables the reader to build their own home intelligently and realistically.
The CD-ROM includes demos of the products discussed in the book, as well as a selection of additional Web development tools, templates, and examples from the book.