adobe
അഡോബി
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adobe houses
a kind of clay used as a building material, typically in the form of sun-dried bricks.
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'adobe' houses
Barry and Letty Coleman's Tucson 'adobe' successfully combines traditional building materials and modern design.
Substituting 'adobe' clay for cement is one option for a more sustainable approach.
When paint can get into the 'adobe' , then it hardens in there, and it makes it cling better than anything.
There are palm trees and cobbled roundabouts and beautiful old 'adobe' buildings.
Most notably, the Pueblo Indians in the Southwest used 'adobe' masonry to moderate weather extremes and keep their homes comfortable.
The primary building material was large 'adobe' brick, and huge pyramids towered above the city.
He walked into the 'adobe' , where a small fire was burning under a skillet of food.
Most of the homes of poor rural people are made of local materials, with floors of packed earth, walls of 'adobe' or wattle and daub, and roofs of clay tiles or thatch.
Wild West history abounds in Mesilla, where 'adobe' buildings dating to the 1800s are still in use as shops and galleries.
In rural areas of Latin America, 'adobe' houses with thatched roofs are fixtures of the landscape.
Derek and I joined this workshop and quickly learned much about the methods and benefits of 'adobe' building.
If I ever build a house I will use a combination of straw bales and the 'adobe' techniques we learned from Jon Jandai.
But the predominance and thickness of the sheltering walls recalls the 'adobe' .
Stucco over 'adobe' and rock are common materials.
Traditional architectural styles are found in the rural communities, with variously shaped 'adobe' houses with thatched roofs.
Southwestern style homes favor stucco or 'adobe' exteriors and orange or red tile roofs.
In mountain villages some houses have 'adobe' walls and thatched roofs.
Carol Decker puts a finger to her lips and looks beyond the 'adobe' ruins to the sprawling expanse of flat brush-covered open ground.
Drake led Parker in between two 'adobe' buildings.
The earthen plaster-covered 'adobe' walls are thick enough to include built-in book-shelves, creating a small library alcove behind the kitchen.
They moved silently to the edge of the camp, then slowly made their way behind several mud and 'adobe' buildings.
Most people live in 'adobe' houses with thatched roofs.
Tombstone, an easy day trip from Tucson, does however offer one vision of Arizona's pioneer days: clapboard and 'adobe' buildings, and, of course, re-enacted gunfights.
The wrap begins with a dry brush massage before a layer of 'adobe' clay is applied to the entire body.
It consists of flat-roofed 'adobe' buildings, portions of which are thought to be among the oldest structures in North America.
The spectacular traditional-style 'adobe' building is wonderfully remote and romantic.
By the time we started laying the 'adobe' , it was mid-May and over 100 degrees every day.
To prevent the clay from becoming 'adobe' brick, she dug in 15 tons of sand, 14 truckloads of composted manure, and 25 large bales of peat moss.
The former map traces architecture, articulated with sources of building materials, ranging from 'adobe' to varied stones.
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