Adobe : Homes and Interiors of Taos, Santa Fe, and the Southwest (Paperback)

from mabith

This is really a wonderful book. It is more of a history and anatomy of adobe buildings, rather than a coffee-table book full of glossy color photos. There are loads of pictures of course, it's just not that generic coffee-table style. The focus on each aspect of the architecture was especially w...

from varielle

This is a reprint of an architectural survey of the Southeastern U.S. adobe style, first published in 1988. It is a useful and informative overview for architectural students and lovers of this unique blend of Spanish and native American building. Most of the photographs are in black and white. A...

from editfish

Adobe: Homes and Interiors of Taos, Santa Fe, and the Southwest is more than a simple coffee-table book of splendid pictures, it is more of a compendium of different decorating and design styles of the American Southwest. It satisfies everyone, from someone who is thinking about doing some decora...

from AzureMountain

My only wish for this book would be more color photography as in the cover photo. I mistakenly believed this would be more of a "coffee table" book. I even had a companion book on Mexican building styles picked out to place it with! I was pleasantly surprised to find this was much more than a cof...

from donbuch1

Next to rammed-earth home building, adobe construction is highly suited for desert climates. The authors make this clear as they give unique focus to local history, both from the perspectives of indigenous dwellers and migrant builders in the American Southwest. The book is a celebration of the a...