Adobe

This article is about the building material. For the software company, see Adobe Inc.
Not to be confused with Abode or Adobo.
"Adobes" redirects here. For the place in Castile-La Mancha, see Adobes, Spain. For the place in the United States, see Adobes, Texas.

Adobe wall (detail) in Bahillo, Palencia, Spain
Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico
Adobe walls separate urban gardens in Shiraz, Iran

Adobe (/əˈdoʊbi/ ⓘ ə-DOH-bee;[1] Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðoβe]) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of earthen construction, or various architectural styles like Pueblo Revival or Territorial Revival. Most adobe buildings are similar in appearance to cob and rammed earth buildings. Adobe is among the earliest building materials, and is used throughout the world.

Adobe architecture has been dated to before 5,100 BCE.[2]

  1. ^ "adobe, n.". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ Mauricio, Ana Cecilia; Grieseler, Rolf; Heller, Andrew R.; Kelley, Alice R.; Rumiche, Francisco; Sandweiss, Daniel H.; Viveen, Willem (30 November 2021). "The earliest adobe monumental architecture in the Americas". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (48). Bibcode:2021PNAS..11802941M. doi:10.1073/pnas.2102941118. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 8640935. PMID 34782482.