Rammed earth is the descendant of ancient ... t have built the award-winning Bushey Cemetery walls without stabilization. As critic Harper noted, they can be beautiful. Designers and builders ...

Commonly used especially in China, the technique was applied to both ancient monuments and vernacular architecture, with the Great Wall utilizing the technique. Though interest in rammed earth ...

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 ...

Rammed earth is a building technique that uses packed raw materials from the earth like gravel, sand, silt or clay to build walls and foundations. Casa Lasso, designed by Rama Estudio in San Jose ...

It was at that moment that I began to fully appreciate how much rammed earth homes allow you to live fully surrounded by nature, including the walls that protect you. It was my first visit to ...

The outdoor space is shielded by a half-height rammed-earth wall topped with a steel mesh screen to provide privacy, while still allowing views of the treetops and sky. Behind the bathroom ...

Parts of the Great Wall of China were even built with rammed earth. In what other ways are the buildings eco-friendly? In Ghana it is so hot you usually need air conditioning systems in your home ...