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What is an adobe style house? Learn all about the origins behind this Southwestern style, and how it endures today. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Fitness. Food. Games ...
Adobe wall (detail) in Bahillo, Palencia, Spain Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe walls separate urban gardens in Shiraz, Iran. Adobe (/ ə ˈ d oʊ b i / ⓘ ə-DOH-bee; [1] Spanish pronunciation:) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick.
Monterey Colonial style house at Rancho Petaluma Adobe. Monterey Colonial is an architectural style developed in Alta California (today's US state of California when under Mexican rule). Although usually categorized as a sub-style of Spanish Colonial style, the Monterey style is native to the post-colonial Mexican era of Alta California.
Vigas are wooden beams used in the traditional adobe architecture of the American Southwest, especially in New Mexico.In this type of construction, the vigas are the main structural members carrying the weight of the roof to the load-bearing exterior walls.
Made of either adobe, concrete or stucco, Pueblo Revival-style homes were inspired by Spanish Colonial and Indian Pueblo architecture. Now, these earthy houses are most popular in the Southwestern ...
This distinctive New England house style dates back to the 1600s, and its defining characteristic is a lopsided roof that allows for two stories in the front of the house, but just one in the back.
Turf house – e.g. East Ayrshire, Medieval turf house; Spain. Adobe house – mudbrick buildings found in Spain and Spanish colonies; United States. Creole architecture in the United States – a type of house or cottage common along the Gulf Coast and associated rivers, especially in southern Louisiana and Mississippi. [44] [45]
A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia. This is a list of house types. Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or single-family detached homes and various types of attached or multi-family residential dwellings. Both may vary greatly in scale and the amount of accommodation provided.