Earth homes are making a comeback—and they’re built the old-fashioned way: with sweat, soil, and ancient manual labor. From cob walls to rammed earth foundations, we explore how traditional building ...

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 served ...

The team created 40-cm (15.75-inch)-thick rammed earth walls to complete the home, providing an ideal thermal envelope to maintain comfortable interior temperatures all year round.

Walls at Beaucastel Winery in Provence, France, were built with rammed earth (excavated earth from the site, mixed with water, then compacted). Louis-Antoine Grégo. Building ...