Casa Adobe

Product DescriptionIn their third book, authors/designers Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr forage through the mountains of Mexico and the deserts of the American Southwest in celebration of the strength and wonder of adobe design style. From its humble beginnings to its present-day renaissance, Casa Adobe unearths the homes, haciendas, and holiday getaways that have [...]

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The Owner-Built Adobe House

Product DescriptionFirst published in 1980, this book remains a useful guide that will help you build your own adobe house almost anywhere in the country, even in areas not usually considered “adobe country.” Duane Newcomb takes you through every step of the process, from selecting a site, obtaining building permits, drawing plans, excavating, and making [...]

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Desert Style

Product Description$29.95 hardcover · 1-58685-173-X · May 8 ½ X 10 in, 144 pp, 140 Color Photographs, Rights: W, Design Desert Style is cool living in hot climates. Based on the idea that a home should exist in harmony with its landscape, author Mary Whitesides shows how materials and textures reflect the land, and how [...]

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Adobe Book

Product DescriptionA fully illustrated, detailed how-to covering every phase of construction from soil and blocks to heating, electricity, plumbing, interiors, exteriors and landscaping. O’Connor was a civil engineer with considerable knowledge of adobe construction…. More >> Adobe Book

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Southwest Style : A Home-Lover’s Guide to Architecture and Design

Product DescriptionFrom adobe casitas to log cabins to straw bale homes, this book includes honest, ingenious, and easily adaptable ideas from the heart of the Southwest…. More >> Southwest Style : A Home-Lover’s Guide to Architecture and Design

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Perspectives on Design Southwest: Design Philosophies Expressed by the Southwest’s Leading Professionals

Product DescriptionPresent-day tastemakers share their wisdom, experience, and talent in these showcases of the finest architects, home builders, interior design artisans, and craftsmen. Highlighting luxurious residences with captivating photographs, the regions most notable industry specialists share the inspirations and motivations behind their work and explain their projects from initial design decisions to adding final fixtures and [...]

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New Adobe Home, The

Product DescriptionTHE NEW ADOBE HOME PRESENTS THE SOPHISTICATED, elevated use of adobe through a variety of elegant homes in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Mexico. These homes comprise a combination of history, furnishings, art, and interior and exterior spaces with adobe construction, adobe style, or detailing. This beautiful volume features examples of luxurious adobe or [...]

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The New Southwest Home: Innovative Ideas for Every Room

ISBN13: 9780873588577 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThis book offers a room-by-room tour of homes packed with innovation and tradition. Beginning at the front door, you are welcomed by art and elegant furniture. Kitchens are the heart of the home, and ideas abound to make the most functional room [...]

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Spectacular Homes of the Southwest

Product DescriptionOver 200 photographs of the work of nearly 40 leading interior designers in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tucson and New Mexico. Some of the featured designers include Paula Berg, Wiseman & Gail, Paradise Interiors, Christopher Coffin…. More >> Spectacular Homes of the Southwest

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Traditional Fireplaces A Historical View

A 19th century architect at the drawing board

Image via Wikipedia Building a house is a romantic adventure. As we learn and become educated in time, quite likely, chatty sentences embracing “detail”, ” influence”, “style”, will fall tripingly from our lips. Gradually the difference between concrete and cement will become established in our reluctant minds. We will learn to turn coldly away from [...]

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