An adobe brick or structure, particularly used in Southwestern American and Mexican architecture.
From Spanish adobe, which came from Arabic al-tub (the brick). The term entered English through contact with Spanish-speaking regions in North America.
Adobe construction is brilliant environmentally—it's made from local clay and straw, it stays cool in heat by absorbing and slowly releasing temperature, and it's been used for thousands of years. Modern 'green builders' are basically rediscovering what desert peoples always knew!
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