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 ...

Create your own DIY adobe house with these small adobe house plans. This step-by-step guide includes information on creating the home foundation, making adobe bricks and detailed diagrams and ...

In the two years Don Laverty and Valorie McClelland have owned their Poway home, they have tackled numerous projects from tiling bathroom walls to planting a cactus garden. Each task is a labor of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Can thick walls built with a mixture of clay-rich mud, shredded straw and limestone slurry help solve the nation's affordable housing crisis? The five men who created Terran Robotics believe their ...