Adobe is the name for a kind of building material and for the buildings that are made with it. Native Americans of the Southwest built adobe homes and apartments. Adobe bricks are made of clay, water, straw, and burned twigs and grass. Once the bricks are shaped, they are dried in the sun. Adobe homes were often built together as apartments. Many families lived in each apartment. As families grew, rooms were added to the tops of the buildings. Several of these apartments were considered a village. This kind of village is called an adobe pueblo.