Rammed Earth

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

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

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Image 23 of 40 from gallery of Casa Ballena Art Center / R/MA Rivero Mas Asociados. Photograph by Rafael Gamo

Design innovations make building with sustainable living in mind easier—and more beautiful—than ever. Here are three of our favourites.

Rammed earth house with an open-plan living space, private home office, large entryway, and spacious bedrooms with terraces and Jack and Jill bathrooms.

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.

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