What is it and how is it different from Rammed Earth?
Like Rammed Earth, Adobe is an ancient earth building method. The adobe method uses large, sun-dried bricks to construct walls in a masonry style. Bricks are laid up in courses with thick layers of adobe mud mortar between each course and between the bricks of a course. As with other masonry construction methods, adobes offer a great deal of flexibility in design options. Round or curved wall sections, arches and vaults are quite common in adobe buildings. These features can be more difficult and often impractical to achieve with rammed earth construction. Unlike rammed earth, which often creates a pleasing, even artistic finish in its ‘raw’ form, adobe walls are not typically considered attractive in their raw form. Adobe walls are almost always covered with mud stucco on exterior surfaces and a plaster finish on interior surfaces. These finishes can be left natural or painted according to the tastes of the client. The finishes can also be applied thick or thin to smooth the appearanc
