Rammed Earth

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Rammed Earth House sees Planned Living Architects combine ideas of privacy, protection and immersion to propose a secluded and calming abode.

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For thousands of years, rammed earth has been a hallmark of sustainable construction - thick insulating walls made from rock and earth sourced from the building site itself, or just nearby. Rammed earth has gone through a renaissance of sorts over the past 30 years with the craft being celebrated

In this post we look at rammed earth construction, how it works and some examples of some great rammed earth contemporary projects.

Unfired earth building materials — rammed earth, adobe, compressed earth block — are a plentiful, structurally robust, and natural alternative to mainstream construction systems. Up to now, they have been more associated with the desert west, where adobe has been used for centuries, than with Central or East Texas. That could change.

Stories about Mexican houses, including a coastal home in Colima that curves around a tropical garden and a beachfront cabana in San Juan de Alima.

Exploring the effects of natural clay colors and pigmentation on the design possibilities of rammed earth walls.

This LEED for Homes Gold project is situated on a walnut ranch in the Central Valley. Marrying modern details with the age-old tradition of rammed earth, this home sets the standard for green design. It harnesses both passive and active heating and cooling strategies including thermal mass, geothermal heat pump, solar thermal and solar PV systems. Project Architect for Feldman Architecture Photography by Joe Fletcher

tzou lubroth architekten has been asked by artist amoako boafo to design a hybrid topology that combines a home, a painter's studio, a gallery as well as facilities for three artists-in-residence in ghana.