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Building Community: The Roots of Adobe Reference Desk
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Bunting, Bainbridge. Early Architecture in New Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1976. Bunting, Bainbridge. Taos Adobes. Spanish Colonial and Territorial Architecture of the Taos Valley. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1964. Kessell, John L. The Missions of New Mexico Since 1776. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1980. Kubler, George. Religious Architecture of New Mexico. Colorado Springs: Taylor Museum, 1980. Miller, Michael. Monuments of Adobe: The Religious Architecture and Traditions of New Mexico. Taylor Publishing, 1991. Reeve, Agnesa Lufkin. From Hacienda to Bungalow: Northern New Mexico Houses. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Romero, Orlando and Larkin, David. Adobe: Building and Living with the Earth. Photography by Michael Freeman. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Spears, Beverly. American Adobes: Rural Houses of Northern New Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986. Buchanan, Ken. This House Is Made of Mud (Esta casa está hecha de lodo). Illustrated by Libba Tracy. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1991. Lowell, Susan. The Three Little Javelinas. Illustrated by Jim Harris. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1992. Smith, MaryLou M. Grandmother's Adobe Dollhouse. Illustrated by Ann Blackstone. Santa Fe, New Mexico: New Mexico Magazine, 1984. Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design & Construction Earth is the oldest and most widely used building material in the world today. It's abundant, inexpensive, and energy-efficient. But if you're building with earth, simplicity of material needn't be an excuse for poor planning. Paul Graham McHenry, author of the best-selling Adobe--Build It Yourself; here provides the most complete, accurate, and factual source of technical information on building with earth. Lavishly illustrated with scores of photographs and drawings, Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings spells out the details of... The Earth Architecture Center International Ltd. The site is workshop and action oriented. If one wants to learn about building with adobe, this would be an excellent resource. Here's what they have to say: "Earth Building can solve many of the world's housing problems and energy shortages, in both developing countries and industrial nations. One of man's oldest (and most available) building materials is the earth itself. It can give housing to everyone. The advantages of earth (adobe) are: available on-site, processed by the sun, semi-skilled labor, low energy cost, ecologically best. The Center is a source of earth building technical information for Architects, Builders and Planners." Albuquerque's Environmental Story Heritage and Human Environment: Hispanic Influence by Linda Cordell, with material by Matthew Schmader; The Spanish Period: 1540-1821; The Mexican Period: 1821-1846. Seems to be more straight history as opposed to environmental history, but is interesting nontheless.
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