There are many house styles we are so used to seeing, from Victorian to new build designs. But Adobe homes are a historical yet lesser-seen architecture type that embodies some of this year's most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: JayKay57/Getty Images An adobe house may evoke images of the Southwest, serapes, and the twangy keening of an Ennio ...

In the two years Don Laverty and Valorie McClelland have owned their Poway home, they have tackled numerous projects from tiling bathroom walls to planting a cactus garden. Each task is a labor of ...

At its most basic, the phrase "adobe" actually refers to the method of building Pueblo-style homes, not the architectural style itself. Adobe is dried mud brick, traditionally made from compacted sand ...

Here are a few historic adobe buildings in the Bay Area, some of which are open to the public or can be viewed from outside. Check websites, or call ahead for hours and admission prices (if any).

Whether your interest is in adobe homes, history, period architecture or vintage decor, this year’s Adobe Home Tour has something to offer. The tour on Sunday, March 26 will feature four homes: one in ...

Back when Texas was still Tejas, dirt was a common material for home construction in San Antonio. That was before a new wave of European immigrants in the 19th century changed the trend from adobe ...

Terran says it designs its walls around the standards in the International Residential Code’s Appendix AU, which covers cob ...