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"Elements of Adobe\nA 7,200-square-foot Adobe headlines our look at what defines this southwestern style.\nLos Angeles-based interior designer Martyn Lawrence-Bullard created an adobe in Santa Fe for art gallery owner Allene LaPides and her husband, Jerry. Flanking the entrance are an Indian gourd and a 19th-century French oil jar. (June 2002)\nJoe Andoe's 1999 oil Horse hangs above an 18th-century-style Italian chest in the dining room, whose walls contain crushed mica \"to give it a sparkle,\" says Lawrence-Bullard. Ralph Lauren Home leather on chair; Houl\u00E8s jute trim. Exquisite Surfaces limestone floor. (June 2002)\n\"Martyn and I shopped together,\" says Allene LaPides. \"He\u2014without having an ego about it\u2014helped refine my taste and allowed me to take that extra step.\" The breakfast area. \"The house was sited to get the ultimate light, without upsetting the land,\" notes LaPides. (June 2002)\nNew Yorkers Richard B. Stolley and his wife, Lise Hilboldt, make their new home in Santa Fe in an adobe compound rife with aspens, desert grasses and flowering plants. Above: The guesthouse, foreground, was once a Franciscan chapel and is thought to be at least 200 years old. (March 2009)\nHilboldt worked with designer Rose Aiello on the eclectic interiors. In the living room, L\u00E9on G. Lebon's The Artist's Studio, a favorite of the couple's, hangs above a carved marble mantel that replaces a kiva fireplace. Flanking it are paintings by Jan Matulka, left, and Ernst Morgenthaler. Lamps, mahogany side table and candlesticks on low table, Lee Calicchio. Christopher Norman sofa velvet. Pollack apricot pillow fabric. (March 2009)\nThe \"outdoor living room\" is a favorite spot for morning coffee, afternoon tea or a casual dinner. (March 2009)\nThe adobe compound that architects Francisco J. Rencoret and Gonzalo Dom\u00EDnguez and his son Rodrigo designed for Awasi, their luxury boutique hotel in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, was modeled after Tulor, a 3,000-year-old archaeological site known for its circular clay houses. The hotel's lounge, built around a 400-year-old array\u00E1n tree, is open to the pool on one side. (January 2009)\nAntique furnishings sourced by interior designers Paula Dom\u00EDnguez and Alejandra Bunster are grouped before the fireplace in the lounge. Traditional Andean weavings called aguayos inspired the striped fabrics. The roof is thatched with straw from the San Pedro river. (January 2009)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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