| Adobe masonry is heavy work, so limiting the square footage of the adobe walls is important to building on a budget. |
| The room widens almost imperceptibly, then narrows again as the adobe walls converge on either side of the altar. |
| In rural areas of Latin America, adobe houses with thatched roofs are fixtures of the landscape. |
| To prevent the clay from becoming adobe brick, she dug in 15 tons of sand, 14 truckloads of composted manure, and 25 large bales of peat moss. |
| But the predominance and thickness of the sheltering walls recalls the adobe. |
| Wild West history abounds in Mesilla, where adobe buildings dating to the 1800s are still in use as shops and galleries. |
