BORN IN SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO, I BECAME INTERESTED IN ADOBE CONSTRUCTION IN THE EARLY 70'S. BACK THEN THE INTEREST WAS
PASSIVE SOLAR ADOBE HOMES SO I SPENT MANY WEEKENDS DRIVING
TO SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO TO TOUR THE LATEST IN PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN CREATED BY THE LIKES OF DESIGNERS KAREN TERRY AND DAVID WRIGHT.
AFTER SPENDING THE SUMMERS MAKING ADOBE BLOCK AT MY
ADOBE PLANT IN SILVER CITY, I WOULD HEAD NORTH TO ALBUQUERQUE
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS TO WORK FOR SEASONED ADOBE HOME
BUILDERS TO BETTER LEARN THE CRAFT.
ONE SUCH BUILDER WAS THE LATE NAT KAPLAN. REGARDED BY MANY AS
THE BEST ADOBE HOME DESIGNER/BUILDER OF HIS TIME, WHICH SPANNED A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH OVER TWO HUNDRED ADOBE HOMES TO HIS CREDIT. ALTHOUGH I WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF NEW MEXICO'S LEADING ADOBE BUILDERS OVER A PERIOD OF ALMOST FIVE YEARS, IT WAS
NAT KAPLAN'S LOVE FOR THE NEW MEXICO STYLE ADOBE HOMES
HE CREATED THAT INSPIRED ME THE MOST.
AND TODAY, ALMOST A QUARTER OF A CENTURY LATER, MY LOVE FOR
TRADITIONAL NEW MEXICO STYLE HOMES IS AS STRONG AS EVER.
DIFFERENT FADS IN HOME DESIGN COME AND GO, BUT THE
NEW MEXICO STYLE HOME IS TIMELESS.
SIMPLEMENTE ASI !
