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Taos Pueblo
Taos, New MexicoFriday, November 19, 2004
Time-tested architectural methods, coupled with resourcefulness and consideration for the climate, that's what adobe is all about. However, upon very close inspection and assuming you don't know what you're looking at (ie, a building), one would be hard pressed to figure out why on earth someone would mix mud and straw together. A flat surface, intermixed with such unlike components, it's such an add combination.
Gaining the proper perspective causes things to snap into place. Of course, this combination of mud and straw is a construction material. Not only is straw and mud readily available, it works well as an insulator of both heat and cold. Throw in a few large, long logs, and you have yourself the braces for a sturdy roof.
Here's an interesting alternative I've never seen. Still adobe, this construction is abode brick and mud. I wonder, was this style of adobe coaxed into existence by the Spaniards who once settled in these parts?
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