A look at multicolored examples of rammed earth constructions.
The Rammed Earth House in Slovenia merges traditional rammed earth building techniques with modern solar energy production methods to reinterpret the early 20th
Image 7 of 7 from gallery of How Rammed Earth Walls are Built. The Great Wall of China in 1907. Image © Public Domain
The rammed-earth wall has beneficial thermal properties. As a passive insulating layer, it absorbs heat in the day and releases it at night. Jobe Corral worked with energy consultant firm Positive Energy to ensure the HVAC system would work in conjunction with the earth’s specific properties.
The Indian architecture firm Wallmakers led by Vinu Daniel has recently completed Jack Fruit Garden Residence, a single-family home that largely constructed with CSEB (Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks) and Rammed earth walls.
A detailed construction for a large home in south Brisbane designed by Hogg&Lamb Architects. The rammed earth wall is 6.6m high with numerous cut outs, forming the central core of the house. It runs from inside to outside. Michael Hogg described the finished rammed earth as “travertine like” (see his close up photo).
On the southern tip of Baja California, Mexican studio RIMA Design Group designs a private residence characterized by design choices geared toward passive climate design.
A detailed construction for a large home in south Brisbane designed by Hogg&Lamb Architects. The rammed earth wall is 6.6m high with numerous cut outs, forming the central core of the house. It runs from inside to outside. Michael Hogg described the finished rammed earth as “travertine like” (see his close up photo).
Architect Sourabh Gupta visits The Lalit Mangar with Ashwin Alva, the architect of the unique campus, to discuss the lost art of building around the principals of rammed earth.
How Quentin Chansavang and Hugo gasnier, 2 architects students in CRATerre laboratory, helped Mu Jun, chinese architect and teacher in Xi'an, for creating an earth construction laboratory in Xi'an University.
Image 1 of 26 from gallery of Renzo Piano Designs Emergency Hospital in Uganda with Rammed Earth Walls. © Archivio Emergency
Robson Rak Architects and Interior Designers have recently completed the Layer House, a modern house in Australia built using rammed earth and timber.
External Rammed Earth Walls are a great low maintenance, energy efficenct option. They have excellent thermal properties and are a beautiful feature.
A building with such a deep connection to the land deserves a landscape to match, so Jobe Corral brought in David Mahler of Environmental Survey Consulting for gardening and hardscaping that could step up to meet the rustic-modern architecture.
External Rammed Earth Walls are a great low maintenance, energy efficenct option. They have excellent thermal properties and are a beautiful feature.
Image 4 of 4 from gallery of Martin Rauch: Refined Earth – Construction & Design of Rammed Earth.
Building an Earthquake Resistant Rammed Earth Home by Gernot Minke and Hans-Peter Schmidt Artikel weiterempfehlen Many thousands of clay houses crumbled during the recent earthquakes in Nepal. But that did not happen because of insufficient strength of the clay as a building material, but rather because basic constru
This design for a rammed earth extension to a Californian Bungalow goes back to personal key experiences of places. Steffen Welsch Architects
A grounded steel-framed entry is flanked by rammed earth walls and a very discreet garage door. This entry, complete with a concrete folded seat, flows into textured and light filled connecti…
The Brazilian architect builds Rammed Earth Retreat with a low-tech design approach, turns a house from 1980s into an environmentally responsive and visually appealing place.
This beautiful new rammed earth home faces north on a rural property. A particularly clever touch is the north facing roofed patio, which takes in the expansive views and acts as a sun trap during the day. At night it is heated by the double-sided combustion heater that also warms the living room – inspired! […]
near the malian village of gangouroubouro, LEVS architecten has designed a primary school that both reflects and utilizes vernacular building traditions.
Traditional building techniques are combined in this plastered earth house with a contemporary flair.
Jobe Corral Architects designed this rammed earth home that is all about the connection to the land, set in the heart of Texas Hill Country.
Abetenim Arts Village is a vocational school project in rural Ghana that is promoting earth building techniques, in particular rammed earth.
Image 6 of 24 from gallery of Earth Box / Equipo de Arquitectura. Photograph by Leonardo Mendez
