Architects' Journal: Earth to Earth: Rammed Earth House by Tuckey Design Studio
With Rammed Earth House, Tuckey Design Studio has positioned itself at the forefront of earth building in the UK. It is a home of sensual beauty designed with impressive climate literacy in a delicate ...
Dezeen: Rammed earth adds natural quality to Arizona home by Kendle Design Collaborative
Rammed earth adds natural quality to Arizona home by Kendle Design Collaborative
Sand from four different regions forms the rammed-earth walls of A House Born of Four Soils in India by Hiren Patel Architects + Design.
Rammed earth is the descendant of ancient construction techniques like adobe or cob building. It can be used to build walls for many kinds of buildings, from houses to museums and even cemeteries. The ...
Yahoo: The Roof of This Rammed Earth Tiny House Feels Like a Leafy Canopy
Rammed earth is one of humanity’s oldest methods of construction, packing natural raw components like dirt, chalk, and lime into a hard material resembling adobe. But where adobe requires dry weather ...
The Roof of This Rammed Earth Tiny House Feels Like a Leafy Canopy
Rammed earth has been used in construction for thousands of years, with evidence of its use dating as far back as the Neolithic Period. Commonly used especially in China, the technique was applied to ...
Earthen walls and exterior fins evoking a cactus's skeleton were used by US studio Kendle Design Collaborative to tie the Desert Fairway Residence in Arizona to its natural setting. Located in ...
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 technique survive at ...