Adobe house guides on the material itself, the traditions that used it, and how to tell
an adobe building from a plastered frame one. Each guide links through to documented
examples in the catalogue.
Identification
What Are Adobe Houses?What are adobe houses? Homes whose load bearing walls are sun dried earth brick rather than fired masonry or timber frame. How to recognise one and where they survive.
Materials
Adobe BricksAdobe bricks are sun dried blocks of clay, sand, water, and straw. What they are made of, how thick the walls must be, what they cost, and where they survive.
History
Native American Adobe HomesNative American adobe homes are the Pueblo dwellings of the Southwest, built from puddled earth and sun dried brick. What they are, how they were built, and where to see them.
Old Adobe HousesOld adobe houses survive across ten US states, 214 documented in this catalogue. The oldest dates to 1610. Which are the oldest, why they lasted, and where to find them.