ESSARC East Side Studio Architects

Home Improvement Professionals , Architects & Building Designers , Accessory Dwelling Units , Home Remodeling , Home Additions , Universal Design , Basement Remodeling
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ESSARC East Side Studio Architects
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Adobe Restoration

Project Cost: $150,001 - $200,000
Country: United States
Zip Code: 85253
The Mediterranean mixed with Pueblo styles fit with the "Old West" theme that was popular in the 1920's and '30's in Scottsdale. In the process of putting the house on the National Register, Julia Miner (architect and owner) discovered several neighboring adobe houses that would have been visible...
Adobe Restoration
Before
A before picture showing a neglected, vacant house with overgrown vines, rotting wood, holes in the plaster exposing the adobe bricks to the weather, and a Rube Goldberg spaghetti of exposed pipes and wires,
"before" - vacant, vines growing in through windows
In the "portales" we built a new kiva fireplace using the principles of a Rumford fireplace. A leaky gutter was replaced with new copper downspouts matching original ones. Gray water from the roof feeds new planters below.
Adobe Restoration
Hand hammered craftsman style fireplaces, restored and polished, create focal points for the living room and master bedroom. The handpicked stones in the hall archways had been painted over; these were stripped to reveal a varied palette tying the house to the local landscape. Scored concrete...
Adobe Restoration
The Mediterranean mixed with Pueblo styles fit with the "Old West" theme that was popular in the 1920's and '30's in Scottsdale. In the process of putting the house on the National Register, Julia Miner (architect and owner) discovered several neighboring adobe houses that would have been visible...
Adobe Restoration