Rammed earth is like a continuation of the traditional African mud ... Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University ...

Rammed earth has been used in construction for thousands of years, with evidence of its use dating as far back as the Neolithic Period. Commonly used especially in China, the technique was applied ...

Rammed earth uses a combination of native materials ... Carole Dixon is a prolific lifestyle writer-editor currently based in Los Angeles. As a Wallpaper* contributor since 2004, she covers travel, ...

French studio Déchelette Architecture has completed Casa Franca, a townhouse and artists' studio in Paris distinguished by a large wall of rammed earth. Located in the city's 18th arrondissement ...

It radiates warmth and history with its rammed earth structural walls. Two hundred miles away, a small house in the Beaucastel winery, Provence, shares a similar texture and aesthetic. The soil ...

The author describes his experiences in the 1940’s using rammed earth construction techniques to build a rammed earth house, an oddball decision at the time, and how well the structure has ...