They primarily use rammed earth—which, for the unfamiliar, is exactly what it sounds like: tightly compacted soils, sometimes ...

So she built, quite literally, from the ground up. The home was completed in 2002 using a green building technique called ...

From India to South Africa, our latest lookbook collects living rooms that showcase the diversity in colour and texture of rammed-earth walls. Rammed earth is a building method that is constructed ...

For the AJ’s natural materials-themed issue, Rob Wilson and Fran Williams look at five projects currently on site or recently ...

The first image that comes to the mind of many when you talk about rammed earth houses is the grass-thatched mud house synonymous with rural areas. Most people’s reaction is that there is no way ...

She built a greenhouse ADU out of rammed earth and plans to grow fruits and veggies this spring. She is excited for her family to be more sustainable and self-sufficient. This as-told-to essay is ...

Rammed-earth houses are a distinctive cultural feature of the Hmong people living in the Dong Van Karst Plateau, the northern ...

Experience the pinnacle of sustainable luxury in this architectural masterpiece, crafted from 29-inch-thick rammed earth ...

When entrepreneur Sandy Lawrence set out to build a home on the side of a rocky hill overlooking Napa Valley, she envisioned something that looked like it was growing out of the landscape. So she ...