Pueblo Style Roofs

The desert southwest is a landscape of painted skies red rock mesas fragrant piñon pine and earthen hued pueblo style dwellings.

Pueblo style roofs.

The region s earliest structures were crafted by ancient peoples from adobe bricks a blend of earth and clay subsoils mixed with water bound with straw and fibers and cured in the sun. Pueblo style architecture seeks to imitate the appearance of traditional adobe construction though more modern materials such as brick or concrete are often substituted. The multistoried permanent attached homes typical of this tradition are modeled after the cliff dwellings built by the ancestral pueblo anasazi culture beginning in approximately ad 1150. This architectural form continued to be used by many pueblo peoples in the early 21st century.

From american to gothic revival to pueblo the unique architectural style of a building is composed of specific details and architectural elements that together form the style. Walls are usually stuccoed and painted in earth tones. The flat roofs and earth toned walls of the pueblo style were inspired by the simple structures of the pueblo indians. While different design elements can be associated with more than one architectural style certain roofing materials are associated with specific styles.