adobe homes
Southwestern clay structures
Homes built from adobe—sun-dried bricks made of clay, sand, and straw.
The thick earthen walls provide natural insulation, staying cool in summer and warm in winter.
Adobe construction is traditional in the American Southwest and other arid regions: The adobe homes of Santa Fe have a distinctive pueblo style.
The term emphasizes the building material rather than architectural form.
- strawTube for sipping
- mudWet soil mixture
- plasterWall-coating paste
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- puebloCommunal adobe village
thermal mass · kiva · sand · sun-dried bricks · bricks · rammed earth · thick walls · sustainable building · earth tones · Native American heritage · natural ventilation · desert heat · flat roofs · energy efficiency · Spanish missions · Spanish colonial · earthen · southwest
- Southwest historySanta Fe Trail, frontier, Old West, Wild West, statehood
- O'odhambasketry, desert farming, irrigation canals, olla, ceremonial songs
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- New MexicoSanta Fe, Albuquerque, Taos, White Sands, Rio Grande
- primitive dwellingshuts, igloos, tepees, tipis, wigwams
- Pueblo culturekachinas, kiva, pueblo, rain dance, ceremonial masks
adobe homeslog cabins
Dwellings of stacked timber
concrete homes · timber-framed houses · brick houses · brick homes · stone houses
adobe homesprefabricated homes
Dwellings assembled before installation
modular homes · manufactured housing · industrial architecture · glass towers · kit homes