Adobe Remodeling Unknown - 1976

Santa Fe, New Mesico: Sunstone Press, 1976. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8 1/2" X 11. 31 Pages with Stapled Binding. Very light wear to cover edges and corners. No other defects noted. Interior text and illustration pages are flawless. Adobe lends itself to architectural form and to the remodeling of form. In arid areas such as Santa Fe and surrounding villages and towns where adobe is readily available and climatic conditions favor its use, we need not think of an adobe building as an absolute entity that can neither be added to nor taken from. The history of an adobe house starts with four walls, a fireplace and a roof overhead, though it may grow to house four generations or generation upon generation, a congregation, a state or local business. The lasting qualities of the old adobes can only be attributed to adobe used in both outside and inside wall structure which presents a homogeneous self-supporting unit. For the past thirty years, because of labor costs, and a certain lack… Leer más

Sunstone Press, 1976-01-01. Pamphlet. Good.