The craftsmen who created the adobe bricks for McCallum's house were members of the local Agua Caliente tribe. They combined sand, clay, water and some kind of fibrous or organic material like sticks, ...
As blazes burn our homes, a smattering of mud evangelists are resurfacing the ancient, fireproof building style as a solution for the future. It looked like a bucket brigade in the desert: a line of ...
Clarification: Connie Weir’s recollection about the start of the Weir business differs from that of Cynthia Berryman, daughter of Ted Berryman. According to the Berryman family history, the original ...
The house of an adobero is identifiable by the quantity and type of stuff in the yard. Those who work with adobe are natural scroungers and re-users: a heap of leftover mud bricks from someone’s ...
Astral Tequila has announced that the construction of 10 homes for families in Jalisco, Mexico is underway through trusted partners with the brand's ongoing sustainability program, The Adobe Brick ...
Beneath the arms of aged trees outside of the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House in Albuquerque’s South Valley on Tuesday, men and women in broad-brimmed hats knelt and pressed a clay, sand and straw mixture ...
Here's your first chance ever to own this two bedroom adobe brick house in Lincoln Heights, built in 1961 and designed by Lyle Barcume, who also designed Highland Park's Franklin Theatre. The listing ...
A box within a box, this simple house composed of mud bricks formed into a contemporary structure is an elegant synthesis of old and new. Built in Marfa, Texas, a town better known for the artist ...
An adobe house may evoke images of the Southwest, serapes, and the twangy keening of an Ennio Morricone soundtrack for many Americans. But there’s more to it than just this picture. In fact, the ...