Casa Adobe - Softcover

Witynski, Karen; Carr, Joe P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1423601076 ISBN 13: 9781423601074

Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Forages through the mountains of Mexico and deserts of American Southwest in celebration of the strength and wonder of adobe design style. From its humble beginnings to its modern-day renaissance, this work unearths the homes, haciendas, and holiday getaways that have blended handcrafted details, natural materials, and cross-cultural furnishings.

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Synopsis:

In their third book, authors/designers Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr forage through the mountains of Mexico and the deserts of the American Southwest in celebration of the strength and wonder of adobe design style. From its humble beginnings to its present-day renaissance, "Casa Adobe" unearths the homes, haciendas, and holiday getaways that have blended handcrafted details, natural materials, and cross-cultural furnishings to express the elegant simplicity of adobe living. Stunning photographs reveal the textures of both traditional and modern homes and the unique marriages between adobe's ancient simplicity and homeowners' eclectic global treasures. The interior design elements-hand-wrought iron chandeliers, punched tin and copper sconces, painted Mexican-country furniture, early American antiques, Navajo textiles, African folk art, contemporary paintings, New Mexican retablos and Pueblo pottery-are at happy communion inside the comfortable surrounds of adobe.

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Adobe is an old tradition with a new future. In their third book, authors/designers Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr forage through the mountains of Mexico and the deserts of the American Southwest in celebration of the strength and wonder of adobe design style. From its humble beginnings to its present-day renaissance, Casa Adobe unearths the homes, haciendas, and holiday getaways that have blended handcrafted details, natural materials, and cross-cultural furnishings to express the elegant simplicity of adobe living.
From rugged thick-walled haciendas in Mexico to a west Texas fort-turned-luxury ranch and a Cuernavaca spa retreat, the seductions of adobe dwellings are many-sculptural walls with contoured corners and softly flowing lines; fireplaces that replace traditional corners with warmth and grace; carved nichos for displaying artworks; ceilings of hearty exposed vigas; earthen floors hand-troweled to a smooth finish; hand-carved Mexican doors; gleaming Saltillo tiles; stone-paved courtyards; stepped walls that hide reflecting pools; and breezy portales that welcome the outdoors. Adobe's capacity to incorporate nature almost seamlessly is a prominent feature of its design, as evidenced in a Santa Fe home through which an acequia, or irrigation stream, escorts visitors through its front gallery.
In vivid detail, Carr and Witynski's stunning photographs reveal the textures of both traditional and modern homes and the unique marriages between adobe's ancient simplicity and homeowners' eclectic global treasures. The interior design elements-painted Mexican-country furniture, hand-wrought iron chandeliers, punched tin and copper sconces, early American antiques, Navajo textiles, African folk art, contemporary paintings, New Mexican retablos and Pueblo pottery-are at happy communion inside the comfortable surrounds of adobe.
Celebrating adobe's rugged romantic design aesthetic, Casa Adobe traces the roots and reaches of earthen buildings in their many architectural forms, including rammed-earth homes. An extensive resource and travel guide completes the authors' visual journey and invites readers to discover home furnishing sources, haciendas, ranches, spas, and hotels that embrace the spirit, design, and details of the adobe lifestyle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1423601076
• ISBN 13: 9781423601074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192