Primitive earthen homes made of adobe bricks have been constructed for thousands of years in many parts of the world, showcasing their strength and durability. In this video, I share the exact method ...

Many people don't know that adobe houses, despite their natural resilience, aren't a mainstream building material because of ...

Learn how to build adobe walls with adobe bricks for an economical building material to use in almost any climate. The following article is an excerpt from chapter 5 of The Owner-Built Adobe House by ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the historic Smiley-Tyler House, built in 1926 and now the museum's centerpiece.

In this video, Chad and Robert dig a hole in the Earth to create adobe bricks for building a semi-sunken hut, which features ...

With the arrival of the Spanish colonists, Santa Barbara came to be built with the oldest-known construction material: mud. Santa Barbara’s oldest buildings were made from adobe brick, the word “adobe ...

May 29—Dirt, sand and a little bit of straw. Add some water, pack the mixture into bricks and let them bake under the hot summer sun. Adobe is an ancient and labor-intensive building material, but it ...

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 ...

It's a hot, windy spring day in rural Marana, with dust devils swirling on the horizon, and Eric Johnson has decided that it's too gusty for his crew at Clay Mine Adobe to make bricks. But the next ...

A discovery of part of a mission-era adobe wall less than 2 feet below Alamo Plaza’s flagstone surface has added intensity and focus to archaeological investigations at the Texas shrine. While ...

Q: I have a 45-year-old house built with adobe bricks that originally had black mortar used in between the bricks. Over time, the mortar faded from black to almost white. I was told that I could ...