BROOKINGS, S.D. - An Australian architectural professor visited South Dakota State University in late April to advise on how to preserve a 90-year-old rammed earth experimental building on campus.

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 ...

The rammed earth Windover center functions as a sanctuary for students, and features vibrant abstract art inside, with a reflecting pool and labyrinth nestled outside.

Rammed Earth Fits Into Urban Architecture’s Sustainable Future. Bringing earth back to the concrete jungle. Sarah Laskow ... in places like university campuses that have space to experiment, or in ...

Coastal Rammed Earth. Photo courtesy of Elliot Johnson. The 4,205-square-foot home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a two-car garage. Nearly every feature of the home was custom designed and ...

Now researchers at Durham University have studied this principle so it can be better applied to an ancient eco-friendly building technique of using rammed earth. SUBSCRIBE. LOG IN.

Rammed earth has been used for centuries, for buildings that have stood the test of time, including China’s Great Wall. It’s also cheap and environmentally friendly, so why aren’t modern ...

A building method as old as dirt is being re-examined as a 'new' and viable modern construction material. Compressed soil, also known as rammed earth, is a method of construction that dates back ...

Design Build Bluff, a design/build course started at the University of Utah, completes another home for the Navajo Nation. This time students from the University of Colorado Denver take the helm ...

Teaching Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London Portrayals of Rwanda’s recent history on TV and in film can often spark controversy. For many ...

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