There’s been a spike in interest in earthen architecture, particularly after a photo was shared on social media showing a ...

One of the biggest time sinks when building this type of adobe house is that the construction requires long bags to be filled with earth, traditionally done with two or more people in order to ...

The acoustics of it, the feel of the inside of an adobe,” is one of its most appealing aspects, said long-time Las Cruces ...

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 ...

Also known as “beehive houses”, the conical adobe structures are designed to ... who now lives in a concrete building close by. Inside one traditional house, crevasses snaked along white ...

Her house was reduced to ash that spilled ... be looked at," when asked after a community meeting about building materials such as adobe. Los Angeles County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella ...