Adobe has never
been needed more.
Using adobe as a building material reduces greenhouse gasses and waste in landfills. It helps provide and maintain housing. It preserves the unique culture from which it emerged. It offers a marketable skill set. It is the cheapest building material available for the owner builder.
You can make a difference.
Support the use of adobe.
Adobe is a sustainable, biodegradable, non-toxic, locally available, basically free building material that you can learn to use at CASA.
Based in Taos, New Mexico, we draw from centuries of local tradition and decades of professional experience to deliver training on adobe building techniques and the culture of the region. This project was developed by Master Enjarradora Anita Rodriguez.
Adobe Builds Community
Get to know your adobe community. Email us your flyer and we will share your projects, events, requests and announcements, so you can support each other, organize work parties, share materials, and together, create Mutualismo.
Hear from our supporters
Videos made possible by Founding Funder LOR Foundation.
Learn from the experts
The CASA team is comprised of seasoned, dedicated experts, hand picked by Anita Rodriguez to deliver the highest quality training and proven building techniques.
Based on the authentic tradition
CASA is located in Taos, New Mexico which has been an epicenter of earth building technology for over one thousand years. The blending of Indigenous and Hispanic traditions has created an architecture unique to the region.
Learn to Innovate
CASA teaches participants traditional methods, developing methods and how to innovate.
A very special thank you to our founding funder, the LOR Foundation.
Through their mission of "Listening first, LOR works with rural communities in the Mountain West to enhance livability and prosperity while preserving the character that makes each community unique," the LOR Foundation has helped countless community members. LOR has funded the creation of the instructional videos that will be available later this year.
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Did you know?
"...the construction sector – the most polluting and toughest to decarbonise"
The cement industry alone generates 8% of global carbon emissions.
Adobe has a supply chain of Zero.
Adobe is the cheapest material available for the owner builder.
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If you provide the labor, there is no building material less expensive that dirt. Then, heating, cooling and maintaining an adobe home is less expensive as well.