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Provide Exceptional Evidence Of The Development Of Adobe Architecture In North America, And In Particular Of The Blending Of This With The More Advanced Techniques Of Mesoamerica (Ouv)
Its Ruined Walls And Towers
Coro's Traditional Buildings Are Built Of Earth - Adobe, Or Earth Reinforced In A Technique Known As "Bahareque".
Karakorum, Mud Walls
Wolseong Fortress "The Fortress Was Built In 101 Ad. The East, West, And North Walls Were Built On Stone/Earth Foundation Covered With Clay. -Kyongju By Kim, Yong-Nam (Published By Woojin Press, Seoul, Korea) 2008
Most Of Lower Class Houses In Yangdong Are Mud Wall House
Mud Brick Houses (Ab Ev)
Mud Brick Constructions
"It Bears Witness To A Building Method That Is Well Adapted To Its Environment, To The Use Of Adobe In Major Palatial Complexes, .." (Ouv Crit Iv)
Jiahoe, Gaochang
"The Site Consists Of An Integrated Complex Of Earthen Monuments" (Ouv)
“Gongsanseong Fortress Consists Of Both Earthen Wall Sections And Stone Wall Sections, Although Most Parts Are Stone Walls. The Total Length Of The Fortress Amounts For 2,660m (Stone Walls: 1,925m; Earthen Walls: 735m).” - Nomination File
Sumerian Sites
Yazd Is Also One Of The Largest Cities Built Almost Entirely Out Of Adobe. (Wiki)
Newgrange : Henge
Al-Qubbah Mosque And Other Buildings
The Arslantepe Mud-Brick Architecture, Due To Its Antiquity, Advanced Technology, And State Of Preservation, Is Also An Outstanding Example Of A Traditional Building System Representative Of A Millenarian Culture Shared By All Near Eastern Communities. (...) It Has Been Widely Exposed And Preserved In Perfect And Integral State, With The Original Mud-Brick Walls, Mud Plaster And Floors, Internal Features And Paintings (...). (Executive Summary, P. 4)
"Artificial Earthen Mounds" (Official Description) – "The 17 Component Parts Of The Nominated Serial Property Include Settlements, Burial Areas, And Ritual And Ceremonial Sites That Include Stone Circles And Earthworks." (Ab Ev) – For Example, Component Part 013 (Kiusu Earthwork Burial Circles) (Nomination File, P. 85)
"The Uttarayan Area Was Established To The North Of The Ashrama From 1919 With The Construction Of Two Mud Brick Buildings (One Of Which, Konark, Still Stands), Followed By Five Additional Houses For Rabindranath Tagore. These Show Various Experiments With The Thermal Performance Of Mud Buildings" (Ab Ev)
"These Earthworks Consist Of Embankment Walls Enclosing Huge Spaces, With Carefully Positioned And Often Monumental Gateways" (Ab Ev)
"An Earthen Architectural Complex" (Ab Ev)
"The Largest Of The Kofun Within The Nominated Series Are Close To 500 Metres In Length, And Are Significant Accomplishments Of Earthen Architecture And Engineering" (Ab Ev)
"The Religious And Administrative Sectors Feature A Monumental Building Named "Souk", Which Might Have Functioned As A Market. It Has A Square Layout With Projected Corner Towers And Bastions, As Well As Thick Mudbrick Walls Six To Seven Metres Above The Plain." (Ab Ev)
"Each Moidam (Or Maidam) Is An Earthen Mound (Ga-Moidam) Covered In Vegetation, Topped By A Small Shrine (Dole Or Chou Cha Li) Within A Low Octagonal Wall (Garh)." (Ab Ev)
"Huts Built In The Ritual Villages Have
Earthen Walls; In Contrast, Huts Outside Of The Villages Are Made Out Of Bamboo" (Ab Ev)
"The Undulating High-Mountain Landscape Was Slowly Adorned With Towns Built In Tapia - Or Cob - And Bahareque - Plaited Cane And Mud Walls -, With Mud Roof Tiles." (Nomination File, P. 73)
"The Main Building Materials Are Fired Brick, Mud-Brick And Adobe" (Ab Ev)
"The Majority Of The Buildings Of The City Were Built With Sun-Dried Mud-Bricks" (Ab Ev)
"The Section Consisting Of Mud-Brick Buildings Covers An Area Of Some 21ha" (Ab Ev)