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Adamson Estate Museum Tour

Bob tours the Adamson Estate Museum, a classic Spanish colonial revival, to inspire the architect in the Malibu Beach project. Including recessed windows and exterior exposed beams and a five course of Spanish tile on the roof. There are very rare tiles all over the home that use coloring techniques not allowed today. The home features many Moorish characteristics and a Spanish courtyard showing off a peacock in tile.
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Adamson Estate Museum Tour

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" Talk a little bit about the architecture of this web site -- Spanish colonial revival yeah. Yes and then recessed windows. Tiles laid out a half bottle glanced yeah it has no -- to hang it hasn't. The barrel effect between those between -- beams on street from the house OK the it's very symmetrical it's an informal and a look. Yeah what's in this tower this is a -- the second flawed system staircase they're nice and out of glass windows at and then what's this wing over here. The swing over here. This is -- garage hot for -- that Spanish tile five courses which is very and you on the roof on the roof -- have cemented between well because of the gets a strong winds -- lift up this -- it so this cement the -- Both speaking at I know that this is kind of -- real showplace for the Malibu pottery works tell us about that. Well let's to -- tile accident that furnished all the tile for the house here necessary treat. And for many houses that Spanish type houses in the Beverly Hills and and there are about with a factory that made it was only here right years in 1926 to nineteen that 32 burn -- in line so this is very unusual and rare starry rail very -- some of the colors that such that made with secret formulas that you can't use today because city. Ingredients that go into it restrictions versions of the lottery yet. Now this is kind of a Persian motif and other styles on the other facade to borrow from all sorts of agriculture's Miami Mayan and all kinds of culture and community journalistic let them. What a beautiful mountains that. Yeah that's an ambush style. Kenneth Starr a variety of ceramic tile in the fountain and a that this facade of the house is really remarkable. And here we do see a little bit of symmetry coming into play these two masses that balance right -- and the about shingles across to join him again yeah and as the barrel. Thanks we saw him aside. -- says being this. The deal seen -- to be all come all the way throw away throat. And I painted in between. -- That's quite a chimney up next yet that is -- that well that's one we have seven -- and house. The heat seven fireplaces and fireplaces and hard to believe you need that the beach well it and that they needed a new environment here that they had electric heat is that now. Eventually that he adds yet. Now these these two and rooms with the funny shaped windows there really set that up what you call this little window that's moorish architecture yes. Take off the moorish and it goes back. To the early -- who had a pet donkeys with side. The tracks on the side. And take an Indian deserts on the agreement that fence without even having to take the -- thought they would fit through the chain yet and I was adopted into the bush architect and of course the -- occupied Spain for many many centuries and that's the correlation between on abortion Spanish architecture. -- contribution what is this through this is the living the living room. When you -- suicide is as -- Is that dining room -- us companion moorish -- and in this pendant and here we have this beautiful. Spanish courtyard practically yeah yeah cables up here oh look at the tile work here with me -- the -- I -- not. -- beautiful piece spectacular. And peacocks. Something that's. -- throughout the house various funerals. Now I've seen what you were talking about the balconies being. Painted the vaulted area villa hated that thank you right through it's clear -- weather sunny outside. And zero you'll -- we can see out where the wood -- far -- away we need a little bit of repair work -- absolutely you can see the steel beam up there and I. And what's behind these beautiful arched door behind his view -- blocked doors disease. As -- Persian -- Although it's not have. A -- it's made out of -- Unbelievable happened when things look at that unbelievable. It's an area. This was all done right here at the -- everywhere right that's about what can we go upstairs assure my domain which went. That's what. Well I've been a lot of balconies and roof deck but this has some spectacular detail like Elvis. -- that top topic and what do you call these. Alliance stances on not. Californians. Not Spanish California -- output especially -- Adams and why is that for a three and a half year old child. He wouldn't put chicken violence that would crawl over the top so they strung chicken wire on the perimeter around the perimeter of -- except here. That's something else. This adventure that's a beautiful tile bench yeah and then a cold day in October or November and December it that would be heated. By a -- yeah he flew at the end of the partly fireplace coming down that's wonderful. And the light fixture about it is that -- special on Emmental built for the Adamson house with agreement Randy yeah. Around the area."

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