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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Faywood Hot Springs Resort, New Mexico


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The St. Francis De Asis Church

The St. Francis De Asis Church
The St. Francis De Asis Church in the Ranchos de Taos Plaza. Click the photo to see the post or go to the LABELS for Building In Taos New Mexico below.

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... to this blog on alternative building which will cover topics such as earthen and traditional building, passive solar energy, energy conservation, owner builder issues, tiling, stone masonry, woodworking, gardening, landscaping and the trades in general, not to mention the odd and the unusual. Mixed in will be design ideas and as we ( my wife and I ) travel we will be reporting on what we find on the road especially in Mexico.

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I want to give a special thank you to my wife without whose skills this blog would not happen.

Click the photo to see Notes On Building A Drystack Stone Wall

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An Artist's Home

An Artist's Home
Click on the photo to see the post, An Artist's Home, or go to LABELS - THE ARTS, and click on Artist's Homes And Studios, below.

LABELS - Adobe and Brick

  • Adobe In Alamos Sonora (6)
  • Adobe In Mexico (11)
  • Adobe In The Southwest (40)
  • Building An Adobe Wall (12)
  • Fired Brick (14)
  • Kilns And Hornos (8)
  • Ruins And Old Buildings (20)

LABELS - New Mexico

  • Along The Rio Grande (27)
  • Building A Well House (10)
  • Building An Adobe Wall (12)
  • Building In Hillsboro And Kingston New Mexico (18)
  • Building In New Mexico (31)
  • Building In Silver City New Mexico (15)
  • Building In Taos New Mexico (16)
  • Gardening With Susie (8)
  • Owner Builder In New Mexico (57)
  • Solar In New Mexico (17)
  • Straw Bale And Straw Clay (5)
  • Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls (8)

LABELS - Mexico

  • Adobe In Alamos Sonora (6)
  • Adobe In Mexico (11)
  • Builders In Alamos Sonora (11)
  • Building In Mexico (26)
  • Building In Alamos Sonora (38)
  • Building In Baja California Sur (13)
  • Cement And Concrete In Alamos Sonora (20)
  • Cement And Concrete In Mexico (22)
  • El Pedregal In Alamos Sonora (5)
  • Fired Brick (14)
  • Stonework In Mexico (22)

LABELS - The Arts

  • Artist Homes and Studios (29)
  • Color And Murals (14)
  • Design (11)
  • Sculpture (12)
  • Tiling And Ceramic Arts (31)

LABELS - Homes and Buildings

  • Artist Homes and Studios (29)
  • Building A Well House (10)
  • Buying Real Estate (5)
  • Homes And Buildings (15)
  • Ruins And Old Buildings (20)
  • Shipping Container Building (5)
  • Small Buildings (19)
  • Spiritual Places (22)
  • Unconventional Homes (10)

LABELS - Outside

  • Bridges (8)
  • Building An Adobe Wall (12)
  • Fences And Walls (25)
  • Gardening (20)
  • Gardening With Susie (8)
  • Kilns And Hornos (8)
  • Landscaping (41)
  • Portals and Porches (4)
  • Rain Water Catchment (4)
  • Stonework (40)
  • Stonework In Mexico (22)
  • Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls (8)
  • Water Features (18)

LABELS - Elements

  • Bridges (8)
  • Building A Well House (10)
  • Doors Doorways Gates And Entryways (25)
  • Fences And Walls (25)
  • Kilns And Hornos (8)
  • Kitchen And Bath (11)
  • Metal (15)
  • Portals and Porches (4)
  • Rain Water Catchment (4)
  • Roofs (15)
  • Ruins And Old Buildings (20)
  • Solar In New Mexico (17)
  • Steps And Stairways (15)
  • Stonework (40)
  • Stonework In Mexico (22)
  • Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls (8)
  • Water Features (18)
  • Windows And Skylights (13)
  • Woodworking (18)

LABELS - Other Materials

  • Cement And Concrete (21)
  • Cement And Concrete In Alamos Sonora (20)
  • Cement And Concrete In Mexico (22)
  • Fired Brick (14)
  • Metal (15)
  • Recycling (8)
  • Shipping Container Building (5)
  • Stonework (40)
  • Stonework In Mexico (22)
  • Straw Bale And Straw Clay (5)
  • Tips On Building Dry Stack Stone Walls (8)
  • Woodworking (18)

LABELS - People, Books, and Other Places

  • Building In Eureka Spings Arkansas (7)
  • Paolo Soleri (7)
  • People Books And Videos (14)
  • Shenandoah Valley Of Virginia (9)

Decorative Adobe Walls

Decorative Adobe Walls
Click on the photo to see the post Decorative Adobe Walls, or click on Adobe In The Southwest under LABELS on the right sidebar above.

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Trail Work At Valley View Hot Springs

Trail Work At Valley View Hot Springs
To see the post on Trailwork click the photo above.

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Anthony Shadid's House Of Stone In Marjayoun, Lebanon

Anthony Shadid's House Of Stone In Marjayoun, Lebanon
Click the photo above to go to my post that links to a series of videos that Anthony Shadid made to go with his book House of Stone.

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  • Inspire Green- Broken China Mosaics
  • Sacred Sites
  • Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools
  • Stewart Brand's How Buildings Learn
  • Shelter Publications
  • TED: Ideas worth spreading
  • Wharton Esherick
  • Wharton Esherick Studio
  • Roy Underhill's Woodwrights School
  • Jim Tolpin Woodworking
  • Cozy Digz
  • Japanese Forest House In Oregon
  • Harvesting Rainwater for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster
  • Build It Solar
  • Oasis Design
  • Ethical Architecture
  • Builders Without Borders
  • Adobe In Action
  • Living Earth Structures
  • Learn Adobe
  • The Nubian Vault
  • California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture
  • EarthbagBuilding
  • Beyond the Clamor of Tehran
  • 1:1
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  • Carol Crews Clay Culture
  • Earth Plasters And Aliz
  • Building With Awareness Hybrid House
  • The Canelo Project
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  • Cob Cottage Company
  • Lew French Stone By Design
  • Straw Bale Central
  • StonEzine Magazine (pdf)
  • Jeffery Bale Garden Design
  • Jeffery Bales Portland Mosaics
  • Guastavino Project at MIT
  • Cecilia Stanford Mosaic Artist
  • Kevin Carmen Mosaics
  • Ilan-Lael Foundation
  • Santa Fe Design Studio

One More Gate

One More Gate
Click the photo to see more on how I made this gate.

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