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Adobe House Style. First built by the native Pueblo people of the American Southwest, adobe style homes are named for their smooth clay brick walls which work to absorb desert heat.
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.
In traditional buildings, the vigas support latillas [1] which are placed crosswise and upon which the adobe roof is laid, often with intermediate layers of brush or soil. [2] The latillas may be hewn boards, or - in more rustic buildings - simply peeled branches. [ 3 ]
The Pueblo Revival style or Santa Fe style is a regional architectural style of the Southwestern United States, which draws its inspiration from Santa Fe de Nuevo México's traditional Pueblo architecture, the Spanish missions, and Territorial Style. The style developed at the beginning of the 20th century and reached its greatest popularity in ...
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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 ...
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.
The 20th-century ranch house style has its roots in Spanish colonial architecture of the 17th to 19th century. These buildings used single-story floor plans and native materials in a simple style to meet the needs of their inhabitants. Walls were often built of adobe brick and covered with plaster, or more simply used board and batten wood