adobe houses
Southwestern clay homes
Adobe houses are dwellings built from adobe—sun-dried bricks made of clay, water, and straw.
Common in arid regions of the American Southwest, Mexico, and the Middle East, adobe construction provides natural insulation against heat.
The thick earthen walls keep interiors cool in summer and warm in winter: The old adobe houses of Santa Fe attract tourists and artists alike.
- mudWet soil mixture
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- sun-dried bricksUnfired clay building blocks
- Santa Fe styleRegional desert aesthetic
- renewable materialsSupplies that regenerate naturally
straw · rammed earth · Mexico · kiva · earthen floors · thick walls · Navajo · Hopi · thermal regulation · North Africa · sand · load-bearing walls · earth tones · mesa · pueblo · southwest · earthen · energy efficiency
- house typescabin, bungalow, chalet, farmhouse, ranch house
- village lifevillage, hamlet, thatched roofs, chalet, folk tales
- Spanish countrysidepueblo, hamlet, farmhouse, farmhouses, finca
- California TribesMohave, Mojave, Paiute, Washoe, Shasta
- desert oasispalm trees, date palms, well, water source, oasis
- rural structuresbarns, stables, farmhouses, outbuildings, silos
adobe housesprefabricated homes
Dwellings assembled before installation
tract homes · manufactured homes · mobile homes · high-rise apartments
adobe houseslog cabins
Dwellings of stacked timber
igloos · stilt houses · chalets · thatched cottages · alpine chalets