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. The ...

In response to some of the challenges of climate change, the building industry is turning to some throwback techniques to reduce site impact, but also create “thermal” structures that promote passive ...

Rammed earth is one of humanity’s oldest methods of construction, packing natural raw components like dirt, chalk, and lime into a hard material resembling adobe. But where adobe requires dry weather ...

It's a mud, mud, mud, mud, world in Vienna where BÜRO KLK gets heavy while renovating a Japanese restaurant. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia ...

When Marcus Miner and Tim Miller drive from their home in Las Cruces, N.M., to the land they own in the Galisteo Basin Preserve 14 miles south of Santa Fe, they travel past rugged ancient lava fields.

Mexican architectural studio Parma Arquitectura has recently created the ideal desert-proof tiny home, named Santerra House. Located in the center of Mexico's Valle de Guadalupe wine region, the ...

You must have heard that everything old is new again. Well, that is just what is happening with rammed earth construction. This method of building dating back thousands of years ago is undercover in ...

Mumbai-based architecture firm Morphlab has unveiled designs for “Shift-ing Earth,” a luxury residence designed to harmonize with nature. Created as part of a proposed township masterplan on densely ...

Rammed earth is almost as ancient as architecture itself. This construction technique compresses locally available natural raw materials like dirt, clay, chalk, lime, and gravel between flat panels ...

Architectural Digest editorial staff were not involved with the creation of this content. Materials tell stories about people, memories, and places. But when placed in the hands of an architect who ...

OUTSIDER - a magazine that transcends boundaries has launched an architectural competition that encourages exploration of the significant potential of earth as a building material. The technique is ...

David Adjaye, the architect, usually makes buildings for people to live in and to use. That’s what an architect does. Recently, though, he dropped by the Gagosian gallery on Twenty-fourth Street to ...