Pueblo Architecture and Modern Adobes: The Residential Designs of William Lumpkins [Paperback]

Joseph Traugott (Author), William T. Lumpkins (Illustrator, Foreword)

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William Lumpkins is one of the most influential architects in the Southwest - pioneers the adobe passive-solar movement of the 1970s and 1980s and creating modern architecture adapted from historic forms, including this series of residential designs pattered after Pueblo-style architectural design.

Pueblo architecture is a popular regional idiom that is at the heart of "Santa Fe style," although this model was really an amalgam of many styles and influences - Pueblo, Spanish Colonial, Anglo, art deco.

Lumpkins distills the pure architectural elements of Pueblo architecture in these forty-seven projects comprising ninety-four drawings of modern adobe homes each containing Pueblo source material, floor plans and elevations, and rich details and cross-section views. The plans were never executed but now remain magnificent examples of native architecture for a modern age.

Architects, historic preservationists, and anyone considering building an adobe home will want to own this book.

William Lumpkins is the author of La Casa Adobe, continuously in print since 1961, Modern Spanish Pueblo Homes, and Casa del Sol: Your Guide to Passive Solar Design. Joseph Traugott is curator of collection at the New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts.

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• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890133670
• ISBN-13: 978-0890133675
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 11 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,116,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Many credit William Lumpkins with starting the adobe and pueblo revival movments. His designs are inspired. Lumpkins went back to the cliff dwellings and ancient pueblos looking for organic shapes and forms. His rooms seldom have square corners. Hornos, bancos and nichos (beehive fireplaces, bench seats and wall recesses)abound. There are living and dining rooms modeled after kivas, subterranean ceremonial chambers. Library and bedroom might be found in a three-story tower. Ceilings are made of vigas overset with latillas in herringbone pattern. Doors are carved. The roof-line is never even having an organic look like a range of mountains.

A word of caution. These work best in adobe and similar materials. The designs were laid down in the 1960s and before. Bathrooms and closets are tiny. Utility rooms are nonexistant. Each design needs some reworking to be useful today. They are not inexpensive homes to build. They are spectacular.