Adobe Style Home
Hey y'all,
This week, I came across an article on Adobe Style of architecture and I found it rather interesting so I am going to share some of that with you. Also, we'll be exploring a Sketchup Model that I designed drawing from the inspiration of some Adobe style home plans I got off the internet.
Adobe is one of the earliest building materials and is used throughout the world. Adobe means mudbrick in Spanish or rater any kind of earth construction. The style drew inspiration from the Pueblos and Spanish missions of New Mexico thus it is still the prevalent style in New Mexico with some slight twist of modern.
Common Characteristics
Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan
This particular plan features;
This house is wrapped with a sinuous stucco coat that softens the edges and becomes unified by the monochromatic scheme. The massing undulates around rooms and porches in different widths, heights and depths, emulating the forms of the boulders in the background.
The house straddles a delicate line between modern and achieving the rustic and simplistic qualities that make the style so adaptable and appealing.
The soft form meets the landscape and the sky with minimal intrusion and the canales pierce the parapets, stamping their trademark shadow under the bright desert sky.
Timbers make up porch beams, posts and decorative brackets. These elegantly simple details define the style and subtly contrast the heavy appearance of the stuccoed walls.
What do you think of this desert modern style that dares bring back the past? Timeless? Feel free to comment below..
Karish.
This week, I came across an article on Adobe Style of architecture and I found it rather interesting so I am going to share some of that with you. Also, we'll be exploring a Sketchup Model that I designed drawing from the inspiration of some Adobe style home plans I got off the internet.
Adobe is one of the earliest building materials and is used throughout the world. Adobe means mudbrick in Spanish or rater any kind of earth construction. The style drew inspiration from the Pueblos and Spanish missions of New Mexico thus it is still the prevalent style in New Mexico with some slight twist of modern.
Common Characteristics
- Often referred to as Santa Fe or Pueblo Style.
- Typically have a flat roof with a parapet around it but might have a slight slope.
- Thick battered outer walls constructed of real adobe blocks or concrete blocks and painted in earth tones.
- Smaller and more recessed windows.
- Ceilings featuring exposed beams.
- Multi-storey buildings usually employ stepped massing.
Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan
This particular plan features;
- A quiet entry courtyard that leads you to the foyer with its built-in display niche.
- Beams that enhance the dining room that overlooks the covered porch.
- Beautiful kiva fireplaces warm the two-storey living room and the master suite of this Southwestern home plan.
- Gather the family around the built-in breakfast nook where you can see both the kitchen ans the familyroom.
- Upstairs, a guest suite has a private bath and the back bedroom has a private balcony.
This house is wrapped with a sinuous stucco coat that softens the edges and becomes unified by the monochromatic scheme. The massing undulates around rooms and porches in different widths, heights and depths, emulating the forms of the boulders in the background.
The house straddles a delicate line between modern and achieving the rustic and simplistic qualities that make the style so adaptable and appealing.
The soft form meets the landscape and the sky with minimal intrusion and the canales pierce the parapets, stamping their trademark shadow under the bright desert sky.
Timbers make up porch beams, posts and decorative brackets. These elegantly simple details define the style and subtly contrast the heavy appearance of the stuccoed walls.
What do you think of this desert modern style that dares bring back the past? Timeless? Feel free to comment below..
Karish.
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