Rammed earth: traditional eco-architecture Written by Sun Kim, Contributor Nov. 10, 2011 at 11:27 a.m. PT Rammed earth construction is an ancient method where a mixture of damp earth and a ...

Continuing Education It would be hard to imagine a more elemental building material than rammed earth. Produced by compressing a sandy earthen mixture into forms, the earliest examples of the ...

There is no reason why rammed earth shouldn’t be used for a new office block or housing scheme. Your building will not wash away if you get the details right. Most of the Great Wall of China is rammed ...

We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to the best uses of rammed-earth in architecture, including a Chinese art museum with clay-heavy earth walls.

It requires large quantities of energy-intensive cement to hold it together. And while rammed earth builders also use small amounts of cement to add strength and solidity to their walls, it’s nowhere ...

French studio Déchelette Architecture has completed Casa Franca, a townhouse and artists' studio in Paris distinguished by a large wall of rammed earth. Located in the city's 18th arrondissement ...

Architectural studio Parma Arquitectura has recently created the ideal desert-proof tiny home. Santerra House boasts a rammed earth and burnt timber shell, resembling the soft shades of sandstone ...

Earth architecture has stood the test of time -withstanding natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes -owing to the structural properties of raw earth.

From a "rammed earth" house in Jones, to a made-over classic mid-century modern home in Oklahoma City's Edgemere Heights, to a vintage Bricktown warehouse married to a 1940s Quonset hut, this year ...

For a long time contemporary earth buildings in architecture were often stereotyped as ‘Earthships’ in the deserts of New Mexico, ‘eco’ visitor centres or aid projects completed on gap years. But ...

From a "rammed earth" house in Jones, to a made-over classic mid-century modern home in Oklahoma City's Edgemere Heights, to a vintage Bricktown warehouse married to a 1940s Quonset hut, this year ...