The Adobe Story

Most Americans associate adobe with grand haciendas in the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona. But this earthen building material is used all over the world. Here a leading adobe architect and builder surveys the use of adobe around the world, examines the state of the adobe industry today, traces the evolution of adobe in New Mexico, and offers a tour of New Mexico adobes from prehistoric Chaco Canyon to such recent buildings as the Dar Al Islam mosque and Christ in the Desert Monastery, both near Abiquiu. First published in 1996, this informative book is now available only from UNM Press.