Adobe Houses for Today: Flexible Plans for Your Adobe Home

Adobe houses for today;/em> first appeared interest in energy efficiency has exploded. Showing the pathway to smaller solar tempered easy-to-heat homes using Adobe one of the worlds most energy efficient building materials makes this book about Adobe houses not only for today but also for tomorrow. The book features 12 plans for compact beautifully Proportion Adobe homes in modern and traditional styles. The richly illustrated text shows how the basic houses designed for todays smaller families can be expanded and adapted to fit readers Own budgets family sizes style preferences and building sites. After a brief look at adobes history Adobe houses for today;/em> surveys adobes advantages as a building material illustrates Adobe construction and gives an eye-opening tour through the facts and fantasies of energy conservation. The heart of the book details the plans using them as examples of design techniques that increase livability and control costs in any house. The book and its minimal-cost construction drawings are valuable enjoyable tools for those buying building or remodeling a house. With this new edition which includes an additional br>Chapter with stories from people who have built the houses construction drawings are now available for some of the expanded versions..