The Small Adobe Home [SOLD]

The Small Adobe Home 

by Agnesa Reeve with photographs by Robert Reck

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Hardback with slipcover, first edition, 2001, 96 pages, illustrated with photos of classic adobe homes

From the Slipcover

“Building or remodeling an adobe house is an artistic endeavor, with all the satisfaction—and occasional frustration—of any artistic effort.  But once you’ve lived sheltered by adobe walls, you won’t want anything else.

“Whether the small adobe house is a work of art or a model of simplicity, it is by far the most appropriate house for the Southwest.  The adobe serves as natural insulation, keeping the interior cool in summer and warm in winter, and muffling noise.  No draft ever penetrates an adobe wall.  The spaces of such a house accept with equal grace the basic curve of an Eames chair or the sumptuous gilding of Louis XIV.  It is an easy house to live in.

“It is also easy to reshape.  You may incorporate all sorts of modern ideas and still keep the classic look of the small adobe house, affording enjoyment of the newest conveniences within an enveloping tradition.

“The final word on the small adobe house is that it combines the best of several elements: comfort, adaptability, tradition, and almost limitless possibilities for expansion and personal expression.”