{"product_id":"the-new-adobe-home","title":"The New Adobe Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE NEW ADOBE HOME PRESENTS THE SOPHISTICATED  elevated use of adobe through a variety of elegant homes in New Mexico  Arizona  California  and Mexico. These homes comprise a combination of history  furnishings  art  and interior and exterior spaces with adobe construction  adobe style  or detailing. This beautiful volume features examples of luxurious adobe or adobe-style homes  including a centuries-old renovated hacienda  once the home of a past president of Mexico; a mid-century Clifford May masterpiece; a luxurious estate that pairs Southwestern style with Asian influences; a contemporary dwelling that sits like a sculpture in the Sonoran Desert; and many others. Adobe is one of the \"greenest\" building materials available. Because its components (earth  clay  and straw) are so readily available and it is very efficient to heat and cool  adobe has been used as a building material for thousands of years all around the world. Half of the worlds population lives in buildings constructed of earth. Author tour in select cities. Online marketing and promotions. Print and web advertising campaign. National broadcast and print publicity. Co-op available. Michael Byrne graduated from the University of California  Berkeley  with a degree in Architecture  and from the University of Arizona with a Masters in City Planning. Michael is a principal with The WLB Group  Inc.  a Tucson  Phoenix  Flagstaff  and Las Vegas firm offering planning  landscape architecture  and engineering services. He lives in Tucson  Arizona. Dottie Larson completed an art degree at the University of Arizona  Tucson. She lives in Tucson  Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945390141493,"sku":"ByrdShop_1423602730","price":53.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781423602736.jpg?v=1769886724","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-new-adobe-home","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}