The additional transportation cost may increase the overall cost of building the house ... placed along the walls and earth-rammed through it. After every layer, the fundis have to keep checking ...

Image Courtesy of Bauhaus Earth Vernacular and indigenous practices are emerging as a foundation for architectural reimagining, informing spatial lays, the choice of materials, and building ...

Rammed-Earth Residences ...

Imagine you are standing in front of a multimillion-pound building in the center of the French city, Lyon. It radiates warmth and history with its rammed earth structural walls. Two hundred miles ...

The warm climate meant no insulation was required, so the rammed earth walls could be left exposed internally, and the building features almost no glazing, save for some slim polycarbonate skylights ...