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Adobe house with flat roof and wooden beams along a quiet street in Santa Fe, New Mexico, surrounded by trees and bordered by a wooden railing in the foreground.

Modern adobe-style house in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with smooth light-colored stucco walls, rounded corners, large windows, and a two-car garage.

Mesa Verde National Park

Adobe buildings of Taos Pueblo in New Mexico with a rounded adobe baking oven in the foreground and two people sitting on a rooftop ladder. Mountains are visible in the background.

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Rick Joy

American architect

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