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Southwest Home Style

The Mules Go in Front

Product DescriptionPioneer story of author’s parents, beginning in 1925, as they pulled up mesquite trees with mules, leveled land with the same power, and helped to build one of the most successful irrigated agricultural areas in the United States…. More >> The Mules Go in Front

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Draw Your Own House Plans

Product DescriptionMAKE COMPLETE BUILDING PLANS YOURSELF! Draw Your Own House Plans is an easy to use, complete system for producing complete sets of construction documents. It can be used for Remodels, Additions or New Homes anywhere in the USA. ITS EASY: THE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS ARE ALREADY DONE FOR YOU! THE CODE NOTES ARE ALREADY DONE [...]

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Handbook for building homes of earth

This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library’s large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be [...]

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Spanish Colonial: or Adobe Architecture of California, 1800-1850

Product DescriptionPhotographs, measured drawings of Spanish colonial houses built for comfort and convenience…. More >> Spanish Colonial: or Adobe Architecture of California, 1800-1850

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The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding Solar * Straw Bale * Cob * Adobe * Earth Plaster * & More

ISBN13: 9781579902810 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionFrom Lark Books and Natural Home magazine—which has a circulation of 200,000—comes an illustrated, unique guide to building an earth-friendly home.To create a dwelling that’s both ecologically sustainable and attractive, Natural Home magazine is the place to go. With this exquisitely illustrated [...]

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INSIDE ADOBE WALLS: A GORGEOUS HOUSE, WITH ACREAGE, AND WATER.

Product DescriptionThis digital document is an article from The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM), published by The Santa Fe New Mexican on September 6, 2009. The length of the article is 487 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and [...]

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The use of adobe in prehistoric dwellings of the Southwest

Product DescriptionThis scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds [...]

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Build with Adobe: Second Edition

Product DescriptionRevised and enlarged, including over 200 photographs, drawings, and house plans…. More >> Build with Adobe: Second Edition

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Adobe: Remodeling & Fireplaces

Product DescriptionIn one volume clear and thorough instructions on remodeling adobe houses plus how to build an adobe fireplace. Illustrations and practical instructions make working from this book a pleasure. Designed for use by the most inexperienced person as well as the professional builder. Based on 48 years of the author’s experience…. More >> Adobe: [...]

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Santa Fe Houses

Product DescriptionSanta Fe-style decorating is a coast-to-coast trend. Hundreds of thousands have scoured Christine Mather’s previous books, eager to incorporate Santa Fe design elements into their own homes. Now, in Santa Fe Houses, Mather combines concrete and practical home-decorating suggestions with the beautiful photographs of her longtime collaborator, Jack Parsons, creating an invaluable guide for [...]

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