Casa Adobe - Rilegato

Witynski, Karen; Carr, Joe P.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1586850318 ISBN 13: 9781586850319

Casa editrice: Gibbs Smith, 2001

Riassunto

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.
Award-winning authors of The New Hacienda and Mexican Country Style Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr were awarded the spring 2000 Pluma de Plata (Silver Pen) from Mexico's Ministry of Tourism. They have been at the forefront of the Mexican design movement for over twenty-five years as designers, importers, and antique dealers.
Based in Austin, Texas, Witynski and Carr are the owners of Texture Antiques, a gallery specializing in Mexican furniture, architectural elements, contemporary art, and accents.
Individually, Witynski writes on home and garden design for national publications, including This Old House magazine, and Carr designs furniture from recycled Mexican wood.
Together, they divide their time between their Austin, Texas home and the Yucatan Hacienda.
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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 Texas for-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 it front entrance 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 homeowner's 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.Heralding the revival of adobe and celebrating its 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, dude ranches, spas, and hotels that embrace the spirit, design, and huge details of the adobe lifestyle.

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• Editore: Gibbs Smith
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1586850318
• ISBN 13: 9781586850319
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 190