Jun. 12—Building a passive solar adobe home wasn't the norm in 1982. But studio artist and Zen practitioner Susan Linnell, driven by a desire for efficiency and an interest in architecture, knew what ...

An adobe house may evoke images of the Southwest, serapes, and the twangy keening of an Ennio Morricone soundtrack for many Americans. But there’s more to it than just this picture. In fact, the ...

The Rosa Butrón de Canet Adobe at 466 Dana St. was selected as the project site for a 20-unit affordable housing project site known as Waterman Village, pictured Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Under the ...

Adobe buildings are living structures. The adobe keeps strength by wicking moisture from the ground. Cut off from water, they crumble to dust. Too much water, and they melt. Sun-dried adobe bricks are ...

Eleven graduate students in the Historic Preservation program spent their Spring Break shoveling soil, straw, and sand into wheelbarrows, mixing buckets of lime plaster, and applying limewash on ...