If the intention was to recall the thick walls of adobe construction, the gesture is hollow here.

There were mobile homes and adobe constructions, ramshackle cabins and three-story manors.

The mission, restored in the 1910's, has fine examples of adobe construction and Franciscan woodwork.

Houses of adobe construction were also destroyed in Tepic and Moctezuma.

Distinguishing features of the style are the use of adobe construction with low, flat roofs with a sharp brick edging, and sash windows.

Pueblo style architecture seeks to imitate the appearance of traditional adobe construction, though more modern materials such as brick or concrete are often substituted.

Key factors for the improved seismic performance of adobe construction are:

These structures share many properties with traditional adobe construction.

The combination of adobe construction and design for solar heat gain, is one of the few vital ideas in architecture today.

Playgrounds: The park has two children's playgrounds, one of them Southwestern-themed in an adobe construction.