Adobe Construction
🏠 Adobe Construction: A Practical Guide to Building with Earth
Adobe is one of the oldest durable building materials, yet it remains relevant because it combines local soil, low embodied energy, thermal mass,
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Guides to adobe building methods, restoration, tools, history, passive design and earth architecture.
Adobe History
🏜️ The History of Adobe Buildings in the American Southwest
Indigenous communities across the Southwest developed sophisticated earthen building traditions long before European settlement. Puddled earth, s
Adobe Methods
🧱 How Adobe Bricks Are Made: Soil, Straw, Water and Sun
Adobe brick begins with mineral soil, water, and sometimes chopped straw or other fiber. The exact proportions depend on local clay and sand cont
Adobe Restoration
🛠️ Restoring Historic Adobe Walls Without Trapping Moisture
A successful repair begins by identifying why damage occurred. Roof leaks, rising damp, failed drainage, incompatible cement plaster, plumbing pr
Modern Adobe
☀️ Modern Adobe Homes: Passive Design, Thermal Mass and Comfort
Thick adobe walls absorb heat slowly and release it later. This time lag can smooth daily temperature swings in climates with hot days and cool n
Adobe Tools
🔨 Adobe Construction Tools: Traditional Hand Tools and Modern Equipment
Screens, shovels, hoes, wheelbarrows, and measuring buckets support small projects. Mechanical mixers, soil pulverizers, and loaders improve cons
Earth Building
🪨 Using Earth, Rock and Mud to Build Durable Walls
Adobe brick is only one earth-building method. Cob uses monolithic lifts of clay-rich soil, sand, straw, and water. Rammed earth compacts damp so
Adobe Design
🌱 The Future of Adobe Design Methods and Low-Carbon Architecture
The building sector is examining emissions created before a building opens. Unfired earth can require far less process energy than Portland cemen
Adobe Education
🎓 Learning Adobe Construction Online: Skills, Courses and Field Practice
Online courses can explain soil science, wall systems, passive design, preservation ethics, estimating, and code pathways. Video demonstrations a
Adobe History
🏛️ Classic Adobe Building Technology: Roofs, Vigas and Mud Plaster
Classic adobe walls are thick, load-bearing, and built in lifts of sun-dried brick. Their mass supports roofs and moderates temperature. Wall thi
AdobePodcast News
🎙️ Adobe Podcast Episode #1
Welcome to Adobe Podcast Episode #1. AdobePodcast.com is on a mission to save really old adobe buildings in New Mexico, and they need help rai
AdobePodcast News
🎙️ UPDATE Dec 2023
Our small team has had some changes in the recent months. We are in the process of consolidating our efforts to real world construction and rest