Vivienda de Adobe (adobe brick house)

Type Guidelines
Language English
Uploader Angel Lallana
Publisher(s) Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, International Association for Earthquake Engineering, World Housing Encyclopedia
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Location(s) Guatemala
Author(s) Dominik Lang, Lisa Holliday, Omar G. Flores Beleton
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Guidelines regarding housing typologies in Guatemala, with a special focus on adobe brick house. Buildings made of adobe brick masonry can still be found in all parts of Guatemala both in rural and urban areas. Generally adobe houses are characterized by only one story, no basement, and sometimes an irregular plan shape.