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 ...

Simone Withers Swan, who introduced Nubian vaulted adobe construction to the Chihuahuan desert of Texas and Mexico at the turn of the 21st century, died in Tucson, Arizona, on January 16, 2025. She ...

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Can thick walls built with a mixture of clay-rich mud, shredded straw and limestone slurry help solve the nation's affordable housing crisis? The five men who created Terran Robotics believe their ...

California’s mudbrick adobe architecture has two vulnerabilities: water and earthquakes. For these reasons, adobe architecture is as much emblematic of the state’s dual Hispanic/Indigenous heritages, ...

When the construction boom began in the Roaring Twenties, interest in adobes began to build. In 1920, the local paper wrote, “Adobe May Solve Building Problem. Adobe, once so essential to building and ...

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 ...