The New Adobe Home

The New Adobe Home

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THE 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. <br> This beautiful volume features examples of luxurious adobe or adobe-style homes, including a centuries-old renovated hacienda, once the home of a past president of Mexico; a mid-century Clifford May masterpiece; a luxurious estate that pairs Southwestern style with Asian influences; a contemporary dwelling that sits like a sculpture in the Sonoran Desert; and many others.<br> Adobe is one of the "greenest" building materials available. <br> Because its components (earth, clay, and straw) are so readily available and it is very efficient to heat and cool, adobe has been used as a building material for thousands of years all around the world. <br> Half of the world's population lives in buildings constructed of earth. <br> Author tour in select cities.<br> Online marketing and promotions. <br> Print and web advertising campaign. <br> National broadcast and print publicity. <br> Co-op available. <br> Michael Byrne graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in Architecture, and from the University of Arizona with a Master's in City Planning. Michael is a principal with The WLB Group, Inc., a Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Las Vegas firm offering planning, landscape architecture, and engineering services. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. <br> Dottie Larson completed an art degree at the University of Arizona, Tucson. She lives in Tucson, Arizona. <br>