Set within a 12-acre mango orchard, Neelesh Chopda’s design reimagines ancient rammed earth techniques in a contemporary, ...

Engineers in Australia have developed a new building material with about one quarter of concrete’s carbon footprint, while reducing waste going to landfill. This innovative material, called ...

Pioneering in its approach to materials, Rammed Earth House is a home of tactile beauty, as well as one of the few examples ...

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 ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In the early 19th century, building in earth was widespread in Britain. The brick — along with the advent of the ...

Rammed earth homes aren’t a new fad. In fact, rammed earth construction was taking place in 2,000 B.C. in Mesopotamia and ancient China. Parts of the Great Wall of China are built of rammed earth and ...

Researchers are revisiting old building practices -- the use of by-products and cast-offs -- as a way to improve building materials and sustainability of the trade. A technique known as rammed earth ...

I am an independent Circular Economy Consultant. I did not receive any funding to write this article. For transparency, I mention projects referenced in this article: Beaucastel Winery: A project of ...