Rammed-earth walls also have a high thermal mass, helping regulate room temperatures in hot climates by cooling them in the day and warming them at night. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, ...

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Despite its formal complexity, the house was economically constructed around a rammed earth spine, selected for its low embodied carbon, thermal mass, how light animates its surface, but also for ...

One such is the Kuki Gallman Foundation in Nanyuki. A house built with rammed earth technology has excellent thermal properties. During the day, it is cool inside, while at night it is warm.

Rammed-earth walls also have a high thermal mass, helping regulate room temperatures in hot climates by cooling them in the day and warming them at night. Architecture firm Sketch Design Studio ...