As construction of the exterior of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library nears completion, a towering achievement of ...

Most notably, rammed earth structures use local materials, meaning they have low embodied energy and produce little waste. Below, we describe how to build with this material. Save this picture!

Rammed earth is the descendant of ancient construction techniques like adobe or cob building. It can be used to build walls for many kinds of buildings, from houses to museums and even cemeteries ...

In stabilised rammed earth, around 8 per cent of the material is cement. Rauch strongly believes it isn't necessary; we have built for 10,000 years with pure earth and he feels that the climatic ...

Courtesy of Archide. First, Archide updated the formwork system for the rammed earth walls, testing different materials and arrangements to find an optimal strength. They discovered that using ...

The material for the rammed-earth walls was excavated on-site and helps regulate the home's temperature. Caterpillar House. Photo courtesy of Joe Fletcher.

The rammed earth construction took seven weeks to complete, with about 20-meters-cubed of rammed earth finished every week. + De Gouden Liniaal Architecten Via ArchDaily ...

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.

Pros: Rammed earth uses very little energy, according to David Easton of Napa's Rammed Earth Works. There is little processing of the wall materials, and that gives it a high LEED (Leadership in ...

Rammed-earth homes—made of compressed soil, gravel and other natural materials—are both durable and energy efficient. Now, luxury homeowners are making aesthetic improvements.

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 ...