adobe
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County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say their policies make it nearly impossible.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
For decades, her adobe dwelling hosted waves of grandchildren and great-grandchildren as sons and daughters went back and forth, entrusting expanding broods to the matriarch.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
Eventually, however, the lush commons became something like adobe hills.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
Hackman was a lover of the arts and a painter himself, so he fit in well: Santa Fe is known for its iconic adobe architecture and is home to more than 250 galleries.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
To the red tile roofs and the rough adobe walls of both his childhood and mine.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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