For the AJ’s natural materials-themed issue, Rob Wilson and Fran Williams look at five projects currently on site or recently ...

The material for a rammed earth wall is laid down in layers, with each layer being compressed before material is added on top ...

Called Toiletowa, the curving structure is located in a park in Saitama and has a wooden frame covered with rammed earth that was made from soil sourced from construction sites. "That roof ...

The rammed earth method is better for growing food than ... that circulates air to enhance passive solar heating. The ADU's roof is also covered with transparent polycarbonate sheets that allow ...

A rammed earth wall when finished is 45-60 centimetres wide – wider than a wall made of conventional materials. This means that it can hold any roof. Hunja says that one may opt to install a ...