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24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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English
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Describes the materials, construction, and uses of adobe shelters, including the pueblos and cliff dwellings, made by various Indians in the Four Corners region of the Southwest, and explains the significance of the kiva.
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271 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm
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English
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Rich, romantic, inspiring and authentic, Santa Fe Sense of Place is a private tour through some of the most beautiful homes in Santa Fe. An interior designer with decades of stunning work, Jane Smith has curated a fascinating collection of both home styles and Santa Fe personalities, offering a rare window into life in the City Different. Artistically capturing the timeless appeal of Santa Fe's eclectic style, this hardcover book is a treasure trove...
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"Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas Panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land itself-fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of earth. Though they are...
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iv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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A biography of Betty Stewart (1925-1994), who gained national publicity in the 1980s as a homebuilder and an authentic Santa Fe character. Certain aspects of Santa Fe's history - its reputation as a refuge for eccentrics, its decades-long effort to define itself through its architecture and its overwhelming popularity in the 1980s - are also addressed.
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202 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Open the door to self-reliance...create and maintain natural clay finishes over a variety of surfaces. Beautify walls or make works of art with natural materials collected from the Earth or purchased inexpensively from ceramics suppliers. Learn about arches, domes and woodless windows. Savor the story of Taos, New Mexico, known for its self-sufficient lifestyle and earthen architecture. Discover how the old houses were built and learn simple ways...
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