With the arrival of the Spanish colonists, Santa Barbara came to be built with the oldest-known construction material: mud. Santa Barbara’s oldest buildings were made from adobe brick, the word “adobe ...

Long before modern materials, people had to build homes using the items around them. Long before modern materials, people had to build homes and structures using the items around them. Brush and ...

Adobe as a building material has been used in New Mexico since long before the beginning of recorded history. By definition, it is a natural building material made of mud, reinforced with straw or ...

California’s mudbrick adobe architecture has two vulnerabilities: water and earthquakes. For these reasons, adobe architecture is as much emblematic of the state’s dual Hispanic/Indigenous heritages, ...

Clarification: Connie Weir’s recollection about the start of the Weir business differs from that of Cynthia Berryman, daughter of Ted Berryman. According to the Berryman family history, the original ...