Adobe: Build It Yourself more books like this

by Paul Graham McHenry, Jr. (Introduction by)

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Build with adobe more books like this

by Marcia Southwick

this practical guide to building adobe homes was written from the author's many years of experience with adobe, and it is refreshingly no-nonsense.

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The Owner-Built Adobe House more books like this

by Duane G Newcomb

First 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 bricks to ...

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The Adobe Book more books like this

by John F O'Connor

A 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.

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Ageless Adobe more books like this

by Jerome Iowa

Iowa provides practical details on methods of preservation and maintenance for old adobe buildings. The over 200 illustrations and "how-to" directions enable the do-it-yourself home owner as well as the professional architect or contractor to plan and carry out renovation. (Architecture)

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Adobe Houses for Today: Flexible Plans for Your Adobe Home more books like this

by Laura Sanchez, Alex Sanchez

ADOBE HOUSES FOR TODAY features 12 plans for compact, beautifully-proportioned adobe homes in modern and traditional styles. Yet the book offers much more. The richly-illustrated text shows how the basic houses, designed for today's smaller families, can be as flexible as a set of building blocks. Intriguing drawings demonstrate how readers can ...

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Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition more books like this

by Jean-Louis Bourgeois, Carollee Pelos (Photographer), Basil Davidson (Photographer)

A celebration of the beauty, variety and efficiency of traditional adobe architecture in West Africa, Southwest Asia and the American Southwest.

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Adobe more books like this

by Orlando Romero, David Larkin (Editor), Michael Freeman (Photographer)

This chronicle of the ancient and varied use of earth as a building material includes sections on the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, the hacienda, and modern homes that combine the traditional adobe style with contemporary characteristics.

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Down to Earth: Adobe Architecture, an Old Idea, a New Future: Based on an Exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou more books like this

by Jean Dethier, Centre Georges Pompidou

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The Adobe Story more books like this

by Paul Graham McHenry, Jr.

A leading adobe architect and builder surveys the use of adobe around the world, examines the state of the adobe industry today, and traces the evolution of adobe in New Mexico.

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Adobe Architecture: A Guide to the Use of Adobe in Building more books like this

by Myrtle Stedman, Wilfred Stedman

A guide, with floor plans ranging from a small casita to larger ones is given in this book, with several pluses. The smaller homes are so arranged that they allow for growth as the family, or purse, increases in size. Cabinet work throughout is in keeping and suggestions for furniture designed to complement the house are here. Plastering, the ...

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Seismic Stabilization of Historic Adobe Structures: Final Report of the Getty Seismic Adobe Project more books like this

by E LeRoy Tolles, Edna E Kimbro, Frederick A Webster

A description of the design, experimental procedures and results of the Getty Seismic Adobe Project, which set out to identify and evaluate methods for the seismic protection of historical and culturally significant Adobe structures. The book identifies typical failure modes of adobe structures and outlines retrofitting techniques applicable to ...

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Taos Adobes more books like this

by Booth, Bainbridge Bunting, Sims

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Making the Adobe Brick more books like this

by Eugene Boudreau

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Spectacular Vernacular: A New Appreciation of Traditional Desert Architecture more books like this

by Jean-Louis Bourgeois

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How to Build Adobe Houses more books like this

by Paul Garrison

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Adobe Remodeling & Fireplaces: A Manual for Building more books like this

by Myrtle Stedman

Spanish Colonial artistry and 20th century functionalism combine in designs for the traditional adobe house. Adobe lends itself beautifully to architectural form and to the remodeling of form.

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Earthbuilders Ency more books like this

by Joe M Tibbets

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Build your house of earth : a manual of pisé and adobe construction more books like this

by G. F. Middleton

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Adobe Fireplaces more books like this

by Myrtle Stedman

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Planning and Engineering Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofitting of Historic Adobe Structures more books like this

by E LeRoy Tolles, Edna E Kimbro, William S Ginell, PH.D.

This is a companion volume to "Seismic Stabilization of Historic Adode Structures: Final Report of the Getty Seismic Adode Project", and it offers guidance for planners, architects and engineers in the retrofitting of historic and culturally significant adode structures. The text consists of two parts: a "planning guide", which outlines the ...

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Adobe: A Comprehensive Bibliography more books like this

by Rex C. Hopson, Bainbridge Bunting (Designed by)

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Building with Papercrete and Paper Adobe: A Revolutionary New Way to Build Your Own Home for Next to Nothing more books like this

by Gordon Solberg

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The Adobe Story: A Global Treasure more books like this

by Paul Graham McHenry, Jr.

Most Americans associate adobe with grand haciendas in the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona. But this earthen building material is used all over the world. Here a leading adobe architect and builder surveys the risc of adobe around the world, examines the state of the adobe industry today, traces the evolution of adobe in New Mexico and offers a ...

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Banco: Adobe Mosques of the Inner Niger Delta more books like this

by Jean Dethier, Dorothee Gruner, Sebastian Schutyser

As the Bechers - the famous German photographers - have made us discover the morphology and powerful beauty of 19th and 20th century industrial archeology, the photographs of Sebastian Schutyser reveal a neglected African architectural heritage: village adobe mosques in Mali. His black and white photographs (beautifully reproduced in duotone) ...

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