Exploring the grounding experience and sustainability benefits of natural earthen surfaces in the intimacy of diverse ...

Rammed-earth walls come in varying colours and textures depending on the soil used. The examples below range from warm oranges, rich browns, cool greys, pinky hues and sandy tones.

The team unearthed large rammed-earth structures, roads, slopes, residential foundations, trenches and ash pits, as well as walls dating to various phases of the wall's development.

These walls were made out of rammed earth: dirt that had been compressed and compacted and compressed to the point where each one was as solid as any concrete wall.

The G2 and G3 ditches and the rammed earth wall are from the same period as the main roads, walls and other rammed earth structures of the Erlitou ruins, noted Zhao Haitao, head of the Erlitou ...

Chinese archaeologists have made a significant breakthrough in the exploration of the culture of the Xia Dynasty (c.2070BC-c.1600BC) with the discovery of a rammed-earth wall suspected to be the ...

They credit the walls for this. “They are breathable and porous because of the rammed earth,” Rane points out. He adds that this quality also helps the home regulate its temperature and humidity ...

Here’s how it works. A wall of haze, cloud and mist gets trapped behind a section of the Sulaiman Mountains in Pakistan.(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/ISS program) QUICK FACTS ...

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 ...

Up until this moment, I had only experienced rammed earth houses through digital media. From the first time I saw this architectural technique, I was intrigued by the idea that you could live in a ...