# @gettymuseum on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca8VHESp-cO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228517-gettymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-03-11T00:00:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

POP QUIZ! What building material is easily obtainable, environmentally sustainable, and inexpensive?

Answer below:

Just look down—you may be standing on it. Earth.

Soil as a building material is utilized in sun-dried mud brick (adobe) structures, rammed-earth walls, wattle and daub buildings, and a variety of other construction techniques that vary from culture to culture and region to region.

You can find earthen structures of almost every architectural type throughout the world, ranging from ancient archaeological sites to modern buildings. You see earth in large complexes and historic centers, in individual buildings, and in decorated surfaces.

Get into earthen architecture and learn more about conservation work to keep these buildings safe at the #linkinbio
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🏷: #Getty #Architecture #EarthenArchitecture #Design #History #GettyConservationInstitute

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