Rammed earth homes

Architecture Research Office (ARO) built this sleek, aluminum-clad chicken coop for a Hamptons backyard, both for the challenge and for "the sheer ridiculousness" of the project.

Architectural studio Parma Arquitectura has recently created the ideal desert-proof tiny home. Santerra House boasts a rammed earth and burnt timber shell, resembling the soft shades of sandstone and the surrounding landscape.

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

rammed earth builder De la Tierra

Research into an ancient building technique that uses rammed earth may help in more environmentally friendly building designs in the future.

Rammed Earth Residence - enabler, llc

Featuring rammed earth, laminated timber, and sustainable materials, these unique bach holiday homes highlight innovative design and craftsmanship.

Rammed earth is both a building method as well as a material. The rammed earth material is a combination of earth, gravel, silt, clay and lime/cement as a stabilizer combined into a damp mix and is then rammed into forms in order to create a monolithic wall.Rammed earth construction has been around for many years, one of the most popular rammed earth walls in history is part of the great wall of china. Rammed earth construction isn't new, but it's going through a renaissance today. This…

One of Ontario’s first insulated rammed earth home is a testament to the method’s attributes.

Architectural designer Zana Wright shares her serene, modern rammed-earth home in Byron Bay.