Adobe Architecture, A Simple Guide with Plans for Building with Earth

Myrtle Stedman was a living legend of New Mexico and a dear friend . Her books are thoughtful and full of deep meaning . She was a teacher of life .Thank you for being prompt with your shipping !A good seller ….

A very simple, black and white book of very few pages. There are some handy line drawings to give the reader a good sense of adobe homes, all of which are very small by today's standards. More useful were the drawings of detail such as the corbels and interior motifs.

If you want a REAL adobe house with authentic details appropriate to the style, this is the book for you. If you want a McMansion stuccoed brown, with all the energy-wasting bells and whistles and a garage for your multiple gas guzzling SUVs, move along. There are plenty of resources that will tell you how to build a house with "today's architectural advancements", but not too many that will tell you how to build a small, efficient, comfortable, charming home that will stand the test of time. The text and the drawings in this book are wonderful points of access if you want to replicate the charm of true Santa Fe Style, no fake, stuccoed frame construction, no bandanna-ed howling coyotes.

Almost useless for anyone seriously looking at building with adobe. A basic intro that might be the equivalent of a light, long feature in a magazine.

It had very little information of value about architecture that was of use in my project.Just trivial. I was misled to buy this book.

Simple illustrations explaining the Adobe characteristics

I expected a hard cover book! Otherwise..... 5 stars!

Interesting