Thick walls of rammed-earth and large, exposed terraces show contrasts between "shelter and openness" at this coastal guesthouse in Mexico, which has been completed by architecture studio PPAA. More about PPAA designs rammed-earth guesthouse in Mexico to "blend seamlessly with the terrain"
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with the Anandaloy centre in Bangladesh by Studio Anna Heringer, a pioneering project for the revival of mud construction in contemporary architecture. More about Anna Heringer's Anandaloy was the most significant building of 2020
Arizona architecture studio I/Thee has created a public installation in an Iowa park composed of furniture affixed into two rammed earth walls that were made to look eroded by applying water pressure. More about I/Thee places seating within "intentionally eroded" earthen walls for Iowa park
Architecture studio Snøhetta has begun work on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, releasing the first construction images as well as renderings of the building's green roof that appears to merge with the landscape. More about Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library by Snøhetta rises out of North Dakota landscape
A figure-eight-shaped accommodation block is among the buildings made from rammed earth and compressed earth blocks at the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture campus by US studio MASS Design Group. More about MASS Design Group uses earthen walls for Rwandan university campus
Architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has unveiled plans for a timber and rammed-earth preschool that will feature an outdoor classroom sheltered by fabric canopies in Mulbekh, India. More about Chybik + Kristof reveals plans for "culturally sensitive" preschool in northern India
Fragments of rammed-earth walls have been incorporated into the concrete exterior of Villagers' Home, a visitor centre in Zhejiang Province by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University. More about UAD completes concrete visitor centre to "preserve collective culture" of Chinese village
Rammed earth is often celebrated as a low-carbon method of constructing buildings, but some experts are beginning to cast doubt on its sustainability credentials. Amy Peacock reports. More about Cement-based rammed earth "not much better than concrete"
Architecture studio K59 Atelier has designed a home in Di Linh, Vietnam, using local materials that were easy to transport to its remote site, such as timber and rammed earth. More about "Light structures and materials" define Di Linh House by K59 Atelier
A curved wall of rammed earth made from local soil has been added to the gridded interior of Curvilinear Serenity, a house in Iceland renovated by local practice ARG Architects. More about ARG Architects updates gridded home in Iceland with curving walls
French studio Déchelette Architecture has completed Casa Franca, a townhouse and artists' studio in Paris distinguished by a large wall of rammed earth. More about Rammed-earth wall fronts Parisian townhouse by Déchelette Architecture
Soil from across Thailand was used to create layers of colour and texture in the rammed-earth walls of Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building, designed by local studio Suphasidh Architects. More about "Shifting shades" of rammed earth define Thai community building by Suphasidh Architects
Mexican studio COA Arquitectura has enclosed a winery outside of Guadalajara with a corrugated steel sawtooth roof and rammed earth walls. More about COA Arquitectura tops Mexico winery with sawtooth roof
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a rammed-earth public toilet in Japan designed by local studio Tono Mirai Architects. More about "That roof structure looks delicious" says commenter
Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. More about Tono Mirai Architects encloses toilet in Japanese park with rammed earth
In response to the growing interest among Pinterest users in earthy interiors, we have rounded up eleven refined rammed-earth projects from our Pinterest.
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Architecture studio Wood Marsh has used curving walls of charred timber and rammed earth to create this home south of Melbourne, which is designed to echo Australia's "windswept" coastline. More about Wood Marsh creates rammed-earth Peninsula House on Australian coast
Ecuadorian architect Juan Alberto Andrade has completed an extension to a multifamily housing complex with rammed earth walls in Guayaquil. More about Juan Alberto Andrade adds workspace onto multifamily housing in Ecuador
Rammed earth walls and an organic colour scheme help this South African family lodge designed by architecture practice Studio Asaï to blend into its natural surroundings. More about Tembo Tembo lodge hides among landscape of South African game reserve
The vernacular building techniques of north and south India combine in Hybrid House, a house with rammed-earth walls designed by Sketch Design Studio. More about Sketch Design Studio reinterprets south Indian traditions for Rajasthan house