Rammed earth is the descendant of ancient ... Electric wiring and switch boxes can be built right into the wall as it goes up, so that a clean, interior earth finish can be maintained.

An external rammed-earth wall continues into the interior to form the back wall for an open-plan kitchen, while in the living space, a rammed-earth wall with built-in storage is surrounded by ...

Rammed earth walls, expansive glazing and flat steel and wood roofs with deep overhangs define the home’s construction. Predominately white interior walls help create an airy and bright indoor ...

“One of the important benefits of the rammed earth is that the material is exposed on both sides of the wall, the exterior and interior,” Herdeg said. “Creating a consistent identity and ...

It was often used for the interior walls of larger houses due to its ... reinforcing the social hierarchy through architecture. Hand-rammed earth became associated with a more humble and temporary ...

A wood-and-earth flat roof tops the adobe outer walls and the interior rammed earth walls, which are finished with a mixture of earth and gypsum. Following passive design principles, the ...

Its upper levels are clad in aluminium and set back from the rammed-earth wall According to the studio ... A natural material palette is used throughout the interior Throughout, the interiors ...

Most rammed earth walls are high in thermal mass, which allows them to absorb and store heat. This can also achieve high energy savings over the lifetime of a building.

The team created 40-cm (15.75-inch)-thick rammed earth walls to complete the home, providing an ideal thermal envelope to maintain comfortable interior temperatures all year round. The weekend ...

Recent severe downpours damaged 51 sections of the ancient wall, including 15 sections of rammed-earth interior walls. The Global Times saw at the scene that the collapsed walls this time were ...

So what’s different? Nothing, except that those walls are free. Free, that is, if you don’t charge for your own work. You want to build a rammed earth house? First of all find the right kind ...