In the hot country this style of house may be seen thatched with palm-leaves, or with grass.
The dwelling may also consist only of a roof resting on four uprights (_jacal_); or it may be a mere shed.

There are also regular log-cabins encountered with locked corners, especially among the southern Tarahumares.

Finally, when a Tarahumare becomes civilised, he builds himself a house of stone and mud, with a roof of boards, or thatch, or earth.
It is hardly possible to find within the Tarahumare country two houses exactly alike, although the main idea is always easily recognised.

The dwellings, though very airy, afford sufficient protection to people who are by no means sensitive to drafts and climatic changes.

The Tarahumares do not expect their houses to be dry during the wet season, but are content when there is some dry spot inside.