adobe buildings
Sun-dried clay dwellings
Buildings made from adobe—sun-dried bricks of clay mixed with straw or other organic material.
Adobe construction is ancient and widespread in arid regions, from the American Southwest to North Africa and the Middle East.
The thick earthen walls provide natural insulation, staying cool in summer heat: The old adobe buildings of Santa Fe attract tourists year-round.
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- mudWet soil mixture
- sun-dried bricksUnfired clay building blocks
- renewable materialsSupplies that regenerate naturally
straw · plastering · thick walls · Latin America · sun drying · desert climate · sand · Hopi · Zuni · Taos · Navajo · Central Asia · old town · kiva · Santa Fe style · thermal regulation · natural insulation · pueblo
- Central Coast historySpanish missions, El Camino Real, ranchos, vaqueros, secularization
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, mission trips, mission work, mission stations
- Asirterraced farms, stone houses, painted houses
adobe buildingssmart buildings
Automated, sensor-equipped structures
modern skyscrapers · modernist buildings · prefabricated buildings · geodesic domes
adobe buildingsigloos
Domed ice shelters
log cabins · stilt houses · thatched cottages · alpine chalets