Adobe Houses A Defining Face of New Mexico November 04, 2015 3:12 PM By Lin Yang; Joseph Mok; ... they are called adobe houses, and they are one of Albuquerque’s defining characteristics.

SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) – First came the hail – sheets of it, pounding the centuries-old adobe homes at Santo Domingo Pueblo. Roofs were perforated “like a machine gun,” with some v ...

Plus adobe buildings have high thermal mass, another term for its ability to absorb, store, and release heat. “The sun warms the outside wall by day, and as the night cools down, it forces the heat ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – For generations, New Mexicans have been using dirt and straw to build their homes and historic churches. “Adobe architecture is so commonly found throughout New Mexico and ...

In New Mexico, descendants of Spanish families are trying to preserve 400-year adobe churches built by Catholic missionaries that are integral part of the region.

Because they’ve seen the grand finale: a verdant valley that hosts old homes, pepper fields, cottonwood trees and the Santa Cruz River, with a 202-year-old adobe chapel at the center of everyone ...

CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — With congregations dwindling and villages emptying out, maintaining hundreds of historic adobe churches – made with mud and straw centuries ago – is a daunting ...

"It’s truly a labor of love," said the Rev. Rob Yaksich, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows in Las Vegas, New Mexico, which oversees 23 rural churches, most in adobe, spread over a large territory.

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“It’s truly a labor of love,” said the Rev. Rob Yaksich, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows in Las Vegas, New Mexico, which oversees 23 rural churches, most in adobe, spread over a large territory.